Joseph N. Gagliano, 43, Scottsdale, Arizona, was arraigned on a seven-count indictment charging three counts of bank fraud, one count of wire fraud, and three counts of false loan and credit applications in connection with loan application misrepresentations to obtain a mortgage and small business administration loan.
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Gary Pierce, 44, Edgewater, Maryland, was sentenced to six years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a five year scheme to divert or hold mortgage payoff funds from clients’ closings on 17 Maryland properties.
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Charles Donaldson, 58, Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which caused the issuance of over $4.7 million in fraudulent mortgage loans and homeowners to lose over $1.2 million in equity in their homes.
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Jinnie Mathurin, 42, Coral Springs, Florida, a mortgage broker, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to a year and one day in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
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California homeowners are warned to beware of phone solicitations from scam artists claiming to provide assistance related to the recent national mortgage settlement.
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Brett Depue, 38, Gilbert, Arizona, following a seven-day jury trial, was convicted of conspiracy and wire fraud charges for his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme involving straw buyers and false mortgage loan applications.
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Robert Alexander, 36, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge James A. Teilborg. Alexander, a real estate agent, represented buyers who purchased multiple homes with loan applications containing false information and concealing from the lenders “kick backs” to the buyers.
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Joseph Guaracino, a former Plantation, Florida, Police Department Officer, has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders.
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Corvus Law Group, LLC, Post Falls, Idaho, a law firm that files multi-plaintiff lawsuits against mortgage servicers, has agreed to change how it solicits clients in Idaho.
Luis Belevan, Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on February 27, 2012, by U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg to 60 months’ imprisonment for his role in a 2009-2010 mortgage rescue scheme that affected at least 1,800 local distressed homeowners.