Robert Dewain Venson, 38, Fort Washington, Maryland was arrested for mail and wire fraud, money laundering and failing to file tax returns in connection with a three year mortgage fraud scheme involving 13 residential properties. The indictment was returned on February 23, 2009 and unsealed on March 11, 2009, upon his arrest. Venson had his initial appearance in federal
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3 individuals have pled guilty to loan modification fraud against hundreds of “desperate California homeowners” and were sentenced to as much as 6 years of prison. The defendants sentenced were part of a foreclosure scam engineered by the First Gov company, which was based in San Bernardino, California.
• Rosa Conrado, 51, San Bernardino, California, was
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Victoria l. Sprouse, a lawyer from Charlotte, North Carolina, was charged in a November 6, 2008, Superceding Indictment with perjury, conspiracy to commit money laundering, mail, wire and bank fraud. As previously reported by Mortgage Fraud Blog, the charges arose from multiple alleged mortgage fraud schemes involving
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Kimberly Taylor, 40, Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge James C. Fox to 70 months’ imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release. The Court also imposed restitution in the amount of $91,933.41.
A Federal Grand Jury returned a Criminal Indictment on October 24, 2007. At her arraignment on July 10, 2008, Taylor pled
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Richard Winer, 33, Tempe, Arizona, has been sued by Attorney General Terry Goddard for an alleged foreclosure rescue operation believed to have defrauded approximately 400 Arizonans of their homes.
The Complaint alleges that between 2003 and 2007, Winer, through his limited liability
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Terri J. Hart, 46, Fayetteville, North Carolina, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371, which has a maximum penalty of up to five years imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine followed by three years of supervised release.
As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud Blog, the
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William Athan, 63, Shelton, Connecticut and Naples, Florida, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford, Connecticut, to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud related to a $3.6 million mortgage fraud scheme.
According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, Athan,
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FMA Servicing, Inc., Orlando, Florida, a loan modification company, has been temporarily enjoined by the Orange County Circuit Court from charging up-front fees to homeowners for loan modification services. According to the order, FMA Servicing must comply with written notice requirements contained in the Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act.
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Kamau Herndon, 37, Portland, Oregon, has been indicted and charged with six counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, three counts of money laundering, and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. Agents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Continue Reading...
Manpreet Singh, 25, Stockton, California, has been sentenced to six months of home detention and five years’ probation for mail fraud for her part in a mortgage fraud scheme. As a special term of probation, she was ordered to pay $1,000 a month in restitution to the victim of her mortgage fraud scam. And she was also ordered to pay $163,500 in restitution. As Continue Reading...