GRAND RAPIDS Six people have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that operated in the Lansing area and caused banks to lose more than $3 million. In all, seven people…
Continue Reading...John Bravata, 45, and Antonio Bravata, 25, Brighton, Michigan, a businessman and his son, were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy and multiple counts of wire fraud.
Gershon Barkany, 29, Far Rockaway, New York, was arrested by the FBI based on a criminal complaint alleging that the he defrauded investors by promising to use their money in risk-free deals to purchase and then immediately re-sell at a profit large real estate properties located in New York City and New Jersey.
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GRAND RAPIDS Six people have been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that operated in the Lansing area and caused banks to lose more than $3 million. In all, seven people…
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Hussein “Sam” Nazzal, 58, Dearborn, Michigan, a businessman, and Edward A. Schneider, 59, Dearborn, an attorney, were found guilty of multiple counts of fraud and commercial bribery after a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson.
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George Kubini, 48, Verona, Pennsylvania; Dov Ratchkauskas, 46, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sandra Svaranovic, 52, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Arthur Smith, 63, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud, filing false tax returns, and failing to file tax returns.
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OC Weekly (blog)An Irvine man who recruited five straw buyers to buy eight residential properties in San Clemente and the Sacramento-area cities of Rocklin and Roseville has been charged with federal mail fraud…
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According to the superseding indictment presented to the court, Kubini, Ratchklauskas, Svaranovic, Smith, and a number of other individuals who have already pleaded guilty, participated in a multi-faceted …
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Alexander A. Romaniolis, 48, Irvine, California, was arrested in Huntington Beach, California, for mortgage fraud relating to an alleged straw buyer scheme.
Armando Granillo, 44, Huntington Beach, California, a former sales associate with Fannie Mae, was named in a federal grand jury indictment that accuses him of taking kickbacks from a real estate broker in exchange for providing him with foreclosed properties to sell on behalf of the mortgage agency.
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