James P. Vasiliou, Jr., 46, Getzville, New York, pleaded guilty to bank fraud for his role in a mortgage scam. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
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Patricia Ann King, 57, Bakersfield, California, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to three years and one month in prison for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme and for aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax documents in connection with her tax preparation business.
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Sushama Devi Lohia, 74, Newport Beach, California, a mother convicted of conspiring with her two daughters and son-in-law to commit over $16 million in real estate fraud by forging documents and purchasing homes using straw buyers, was sentenced to eight years in state prison.
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Lawrence B. Stacy, Mobile, Alabama, a real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty and to serve prison time for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama.
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Jorge Abbud, 33, Dover, New Jersey, a former employee of a Parsippany, New Jersey mortgage lender who admitted taking $138,402 in illegitimate proceeds of multiple home sales as a result of a mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced to 21 months in prison.
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Eitan Maximov, 40, a citizen of Israel and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to nearly eight and half years in federal prison for his leadership role in a cash back mortgage fraud scheme.
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Christopher Rojas, Irvine, California, is the subject of a civil lawsuit for running a foreclosure rescue operation that used multiple business names and failed to deliver on its promises to lower consumers’ mortgage payments.
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Joseph Angelo Sivigliano, 79, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a real estate investment Ponzi scheme.
Roberto Caro, 41, Miami-Dade, Florida, has been sentenced on one count of money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme and one count of conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marijuana.
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Martin T. Sigillito, 63, Webster Groves, Missouri, an attorney and clergyman, was convicted in federal court of leading a real estate fraud conspiracy that stole more than $52 million from its victims.
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