Robert Policastro, 57, most recently of Vienna, Austria, was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud (mortgage fraud). The court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $9,082,394.20, the proceeds of the mortgage fraud conspiracy. Policastro had pleaded guilty on May 17, 2010.
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James Berghuis, 38, formerly of Sacramento, California, now residing in Laguna Niguel, California, has been indicted on nine counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. The indictment was unsealed as a result of Berghuis‘s arrest.
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Peter N. Price, 49, Hollywood, Florida, was sentenced on Friday, August 27, 2010, by U.S. District Court Judge James Cohn to 46 months in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered Price to pay $1,712,766.92 in restitution to Stewart Title Guarantee Inc.
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Monique Le Nguyen, aka Monique Dzung Le, 60, Milpitas, California, a licensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiring to commit mail fraud in connection with the financing and acquisition of five residential properties in Fresno and Mendocino Counties that were later used for the indoor cultivation of large quantities of marijuana.
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Christopher D. Hales, 29, Midvale, Utah, was indicted on 10-counts of mail, wire, and bank fraud and with money laundering in connection with an alleged mortgage fraud scheme. The indictment involves two properties, one in Lindon, Utah and one in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Donna Demello, 44, San Jose, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme. At the time of the offense, Demello worked as an escrow officer at Stewart Title, Milpitas, Calif.
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Jeffrey Gonsiewski, 56, Wood Dale, Illinois, a former suburban bank vice president pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges, admitting that he changed the terms of at least 100 loans for at least 50 customers and caused the bank to lose at least $5.5 million. Gonesiewski, formerly vice president of the loan department at First Security
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Aaron V. Hernandez, 41, McLean, Virginia, was sentenced to 63 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for running a mortgage fraud scheme that caused more than $4.5 million in losses. Hernandez was ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in restitution and was ordered to forfeit approximately $2.4 million.
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Olusola Idowu, 57, Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis to 46 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud, bankruptcy fraud, making false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding, filing a false tax return and failing to file a corporate tax return. Judge Garbis also entered an order requiring Idowu to pay restitution of $425,000.
Mark Alan Abrams, 49, Los Angeles, California, a former mortgage broker who helped orchestrate a massive mortgage fraud scheme that caused well over $40 million in losses, was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.
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