Justin H. Knight, 36, Littleton, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve five years’ probation, with the first 12 months in home detention for shredding documents in an attempt to obstruct an investigation into a mortgage fraud scheme.
David Connolly, 51, Watchung, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of money laundering, admitting that he defrauded victims of an investment scheme by misusing their capital contributions and misrepresenting the performance of their investments.
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Sunshine State NewsTALLAHASSEE, Fla. “” Judges cannot stop lenders from voluntarily withdrawing mortgage foreclosure cases as a ploy to avoid being penalized for submitting fraudulent documents under current j…
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Jeffrey Dodge, a former Brimfield resident, admitted guilty to bank fraud charges in Federal court. According to prosecutors, the man was involved in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme. He now faces a maximum…
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced that the defendants behind an operation that allegedly preyed on vulnerable homeowners have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they lured people…
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James Cockinos, 58, Englewood Cliffs, a former mortgage broker and bank officer from Bergen County, New Jersey was arrested for allegedly conspiring to commit bank fraud to secure a $1.5 million residential loan.
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(AP) – A three-judge federal appeals court panel has upheld the convictions of 3 people in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than $10 million in fraudulent loans. Former Ridgeland mortgage broker Mark…
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Jeffrey Dodge, a former Brimfield resident, admitted guilty to bank fraud charges in Federal court. According to prosecutors, the man was involved in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme. He now faces a maximum…
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Randal L. Walters, Des Moines, Iowa, a real estate developer, was sentenced to twelve months and one day in prison for his participation in a bank fraud scheme.
Warren Ballentine, 41, Durham, North Carolina, and formerly of Country Club Hills, Illinois, an lawyer who hosts a national radio talk show, was indicted on federal charges for allegedly engaging in two mortgage fraud schemes that defrauded lenders of a total of approximately $9.7 million.
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