Atiqullah Nabizada, 29, Coto de Caza, California, Kenneth Moore, 49, Tustin, California, and Ahmed Tariq Asghari, 32, Sherman Oaks, California, have been arrested and charged with allegedly defrauding homeowners, financial institutions, and real estate investors in schemes that targeted the distressed homeowner market and allegedly caused more than $10 million in losses.
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Brett Depue, 38, Gilbert, Arizona, was sentenced to 262 months in prison for defrauding financial institutions of over $24 million in a Las Vegas, Nevada, mortgage fraud scheme that involved over 100 properties in Las Vegas and Henderson.
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Charles Craig Brown, Chad Gettel, and C.C. Brown Law, LLC are the subjects of search warrants executed at three locations for allegedly engaging in unlicensed mortgage modification activities in Minnesota.
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Sandra Artichoker, 51, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly falsifying her spouse’s employment status on a bank loan application and thereafter receiving funds.
Hamlet Sardariani, 42, Sylmar, California, has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges, admitting that he plotted with others to fraudulently obtain four loans for more than $5 million by pledging houses that they did not own as collateral, falsely claiming that the houses had enough equity to secure the loans, forging documents, and falsifying notary stamps.
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Tarl Brandon, 46, Las Vegas, Nevada, who recruited straw buyers and used fictitious identities to purchase more than 20 houses in the Las Vegas area in order to obtain millions of dollars of cash from the loan proceeds, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy and fraud charges.
Jason Sheppard, 31, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, president of TruClose Financial Services, has been sentenced to 55 months in prison for failing to pay off prior mortgages at closing.
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Dennis O. Edwards, 49, Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with a scheme in which he submitted fraudulent loan applications to obtain over $2.241 million to purchase or refinance homes. During the scheme, Edwards was unemployed and received Social Security disability payments of approximately $1,000 a month.
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Louise Lampo-Diglio, 43, East Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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Francisco Rodriguez, 41, Chicago, Illinois, was charged in an indictment with two counts of wire fraud for his role in defrauding mortgage lenders. The indictment was returned on June 6, 2012 and unsealed on June 11, 2012.
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