Barry C. Westergom, 60, Jacksonville, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire and bank fraud. Westergom faces a maximum penalty of thirty years in federal prison and a fine of $1million.
According to court documents, the charges arise out of Westergom‘s involvement in a scheme in which a co-conspirator, Juan Carlos
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California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a consumer alert warning California homeowners to avoid individuals and businesses that charge up up-front fees for foreclosure relief services in light of a just-enacted state law that makes this “abusive practice” subject to prosecution.
“Over the past two years, unscrupulous attorneys and real estate brokers have abused their trusted roles and exploited desperate homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure,” Brown said.
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Charges have been unsealed against 41 defendants, in eight separate cases, for allegedly engaging in various mortgage fraud scams that collectively defrauded lenders out of more than $64 million in home mortgage loans on more than 100 properties across New York State. Among those charged are six lawyers, seven loan officers, three mortgage brokers, an accountant, and a residential property appraiser.
As part of the coordinated takedown
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Sabrina Weinberg, 44, Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud arising from a multi-million dollar mail fraud scheme to purchase numerous properties in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, using fraudulent
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Kara McIntosh, 47, Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud arising from the fraudulent purchase of properties in Maryland and the District of Columbia using false mortgage documents. Judge Motz also
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Cindy Tilley Greer, 51, Clarendon, North Carolina, was sentenced by United States District Judge W. Earl Britt to 36 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. A day later, on October 6, 2009, Stanley Garfield Williams, Jr., 38, Bolivia, North Carolina, received 70 months’ imprisonment followed by five years supervised release and a fine
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Jason Bloom, 39, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, was sentenced to 90 months in prison for wire fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud homeowners, lenders, title insurance companies, and the City of Philadelphia of approximately $1,730,874. Bloom engaged in this scheme from at least March 2004 through January 2008, acting as a settlement agent and title insurance agent for real estate
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More than $1,370,000 in civil penalties and restitution has been gained for consumers as a result of two mortgage fraud lawsuits filed earlier this year by the Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard.
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In March 2009, Goddard filed a lawsuit on behalf of his office and the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions against an alleged foreclosure rescue operation believed to have defrauded some 270
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Robert B. Guest, Jr., 46, resident of St. Augustine, Florida, who resided in Orlando at the time of the events in the case, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson to 50 months in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
On June 18, 2008, Guest pleaded guilty to a one-count felony information charging him with conspiracy to make false
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Kristen Anne Way, 32, Houston, Texas area resident, has been convicted by a jury for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property and money laundering.
Way was a loan officer at Consumer Direct Mortgage in 2005
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