Real estate broker and investor Ramara Garrett and her boyfriend and business partner Jim Sotolongo were arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with conspiracy to defraud financial institutions into lending…
Continue Reading...“Mortgage fraud is a significant law enforcement priority for our office that has serious repercussions to our economy beyond the losses suffered by the financial institutions,” said U.S. Attorney Machen. “LaFr
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MANSFIELD A man who owned and managed hundreds of rental properties across north central Ohio has been indicted on five additional counts in a mortgage fraud case to be heard this spring in federal court.
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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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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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