Michael Anthony Baker, 31, Houston, Texas, the ringleader of a mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for his involvement in defrauding and obtaining money from lending institutions by using straw buyers to purchase homes and submitting false/fraudulent documents to lenders.
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Rasheeda M. Canty, 38, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, a former mortgage broker, has been sentenced to a one-year prison term for her role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
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Donald MacPherson, one of the prime architects of a massive mortgage fraud involving mostly Hamptons, New York, properties, was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison in Suffolk County court, New York.
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Ray D. Gata, 56, Chesapeake, Virginia, pleaded guilty in Norfolk, Virginia, federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent foreclosure rescue scheme.
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Jerry Eugene Parker, 61, Hoover, Alabama, the owner of a property title company, was sentenced by a federal judge to 12 months and a day in prison for mail fraud in connection to a mortgage fraud scheme in which property ownership records were falsified in order to obtain mortgage loans.
Robert J. Congdon, 61, Polson, Montana, d/b/a Cornerstone Financial, Inc., and K&B Investments, LLC., pled guilty during a federal court session in Missoula, Montana, to defrauding hard money borrowers.
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Wiley C. Chandler, a real estate investor, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, California, to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County, California.
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Tyler Fitzsimons, 33, appeared before U.S. District Judge Michael R. Hogan and pleaded guilty to a variety of mortgage and loan fraud charges arising out of the collapse of his company, Desert Sun Development (DSD).
Kevin Lee Grady Sr., 47, Grand Rapids, Michigan, was found guilty on all counts for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and for commission of wire fraud and a single bank fraud count in conjunction with multiple mortgage loans.
Gabriel Viramontes, 49, Elk Grove, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia to four years and nine months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his victims for a mortgage fraud scheme.
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