Angela M. Moore, 42, a Florida resident, has been charged with a scheme to defraud, grand theft, and operating as a real estate broker without a license in a case involving online real estate sales.
The initial investigation began in October 2008 when the Florida Office of the Attorney General received a complaint and referred it to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office Economic Crimes Unit. The victim had participated in an online auction
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The Detection and Deterrence of Mortgage Fraud Against Financial Institutions
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), on behalf of its members, released an updated edition of its white paper on mortgage fraud detection and deterrence. The primary objective is to help examiners understand, identify, and detect mortgage fraud schemes and elements. The white paper defines various types of fraud, gives examples of how individuals commit fraud, provides a list of red
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Barry C. Westergom, 60, Jacksonville, Florida, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. The court also ordered restitution in the amount of $866,141.62 and entered a money judgment for $100,000, the amount that Westergom had obtained from the fraud. Westergom had Continue Reading...
Marvin Earl “Toby” Alback, 62, Billings, Montana, was arraigned and pled guilty to wire fraud and bankruptcy fraud. A sentencing date will be set later. He is currently released on special conditions.
In an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan M. Archer, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
Alback is an attorney in
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Representatives of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force will meet in the first of a series of Mortgage Fraud Summits on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010 in Miami. President Barack Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and
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Gerald Wayne Snow, Sr., a/k/a Gerald Snow, 68, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, has pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349 and five counts of Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. The Superseding Indictment also contained a criminal forfeiture of $4,878,743.87.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of
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Jeremiah Yancy, Idaho, has had a default judgement placed on him for violating provisions of the Idaho Uniform Securities Act, the Idaho Commodity Code and the Idaho Residential Mortgage Practices Act between 2006 and 2009. The findings were based on a 40-page complaint filed by the Department in July 2009. Yancy was permanently enjoined by the Court from engaging in future violations.
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a new analysis of suspicious activity related to possible mortgage loan fraud reported in the third quarter of 2009. The report also discusses the types of suspected fraud occurring in the foreclosure rescue area as a result of FinCEN issuing a “red flags” guidance on foreclosure rescue scams in April 2009.
The analysis found that suspicious activity reports (SARs) indicating suspicious activity by loan modification or
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Martha Rodriguez, 38, Downey, California, orchestrated a real estate fraud scheme that caused nearly $13 million in losses after falsely promising to help homeowners in default on their mortgages has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Rodriguez who pleaded guilty to mail fraud and
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Jon Weldon James, 33, Long Beach, California, who operated a number of ventures that he used to solicit money with false claims of profitable investments in real estate has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge. James pleaded guilty to the federal offense related to his Ponzi scheme that collected more than $33 million from his El
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