Yunus Mandli a/k/a Jonah Mandli, 63, Rockwall, Texas, a Dallas/Fort Worth homebuilder, pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. The defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on June 21, 2011 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Don D. Bush.
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Hannah Noel Perlich, 29, Minneapolis, Minnesota, a former loan officer was indicted in connection with a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved six properties. The defendant was charged with six counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection to the crime. Perlich worked as a loan officer for two mortgage brokerage companies –
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Alonzo Jackson Brown III, 44, Fairfield, California has been indicted on nine counts in connection with an investment fraud scheme and a mortgage fraud scheme.
According to court documents, Brown is a licensed real estate broker who used that position to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme. Brown is accused of
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Below are brief summaries of some of the significant mortgage fraud cases in California brought since June 18, 2010:
United States v. David Crisp, et al. The indictment alleges that, from approximately January 2004 to September 2007, the defendants operated real estate businesses in Kern County through which they submitted fraudulent loan applications
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David Landman, 43, Cheswick, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant pleaded guilty to three counts before United States District Judge Gustave Diamond.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Landman, who was a
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Richard Lawrence Veazey, 53, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud conspiracy in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Veazey, who was an appraiser,
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Daniel E. Fink Jr., 44, Baltimore, Maryland, who operated Homemaxx Title & Escrow LLC (Homemaxx), a title company that conducted residential real estate closings with offices in Middle River and Parkville, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud in
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Linda Sadr, 52, Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced to 144 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a “mortgage elimination” scheme that caused more than $11 million in losses. Sadr was also ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution to the victims.
Sadr was indicted by a federal grand
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Donna Shebetich, 46, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of making a false entry in bank records. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count before United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Shebetich, while employed as a Vice President, Director, and loan
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Catherine Kissick, 50, Orlando, Florida, a former senior vice president and head of Colonial Bank‘s Mortgage Warehouse Lending Division was sentenced to eight years in prison for her role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank and Continue Reading...
