Bryan A. Pool, 43, Los Angeles, California, was charged by a Pensacola, Florida, Federal Grand Jury in a three-count Indictment with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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Annita Hawes, a/a “KME,” Los Angeles, California, plead guilty to an Indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and identity theft.
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Ryan Daryl Krutzig, 31, Maple Grove, Minnesota, a real estate appraiser, and Jesse Scott Hoffman, 32, St. Cloud, Minnesota, a real estate agent, were indicted in connection with a $1.8 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 28 properties. The defendants were charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection to the scam. In addition, Continue Reading...
Dorothy Rodriguez, Tampa, Florida, was charged via criminal Information for falsifying her income, employment and occupancy in purchasing a property in Navarre, Florida.
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Michael Trap, San Diego, California, was sentenced on June 15, 2011, to the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 30 months as to each count, to run concurrent, 3 years of supervised release as to each count, to run concurrent, a special assessment of $100 imposed as to each count for a total of $200.00, and restitution in the amount of $460,249.
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Lloyd V. Barriger, Monticello, N.Y., an investment adviser, was charged with fraudulently offering and selling securities in two upstate New York real estate funds he managed. The allegations include that Barriger told investors in the Gaffken & Barriger Fund (G&B
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Jennifer Venable, 29, Beaverton, Oregon, was sentenced by the Honorable Robert E. Jones of the United States District Court on June 8, 2011, to 5 years probation and ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution relative to her January 13, 2011 wire fraud conviction.
In 2006, Venable was working as a real estate agent for John L. Scott
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Clifford Wayne Robertson, 43, Murphy, Texas man has been sentenced on charges of bank fraud and identity theft in the Eastern District of Texas. Robertson appeared before U.S. District Judge Richard Schell and was sentenced to 97 months for bank fraud to be followed by 24 months for aggravated identity theft and ordered to pay $4,627,520 in restitution. Continue Reading...
Thomas Gregory Alexander, 60, San Diego, California, a loan originator, pleaded guilty to 10 felony counts for his role in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Alexander entered guilty pleas for one count of Conspiring to Commit Wire Fraud and nine counts of Wire Fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge David K. Duncan. He will be sentenced on September 19, 2011, before
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Avatar Realty Group, also known as Monroe Realty and Financial Enterprises, and Arthur R. Monroe, Oswego, Illinois, were subject to disciplinary action resulting from an investigation into alleged unlicensed and improper mortgage loan modification activities in Illinois.
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