Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, Ohio, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between June 2006 and July 2010.
Continue Reading...Remember when it was revealed that Lindsey Hunter was being investigated by the FBI for mortgage fraud? (If you need a refresher — this happened in 2008, after all — read this and this.) Turns out that’s…
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A Dallas man accused of leading a large mortgage fraud ring went on trial in San Antonio on Tuesday in connection with a scheme that left lenders holding the bag for more than $50 million in bad loans. Robert…
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(Source: FBI) – BALTIMORE A federal grand jury indicted Joshua S. Goldberg today on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent…
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Alan Ritter, 70, Monsey, New York, a self-employed accountant, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to three years in prison in connection with his operation of an 11 year, $6 million Ponzi scheme whereby he defrauded investors by falsely telling them that he intended to use the money to invest in real estate ventures.
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Harriet M. Taylor, 57, Ellicott City, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. to two years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to use over $1.5 million in mortgage closing funds for her personal use and to operate her title companies.
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Schelton Assoumou of Brooklyn, New York, a real estate developer, was arrested on charges of bank fraud and wire fraud for his participation in a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant’s initial…
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Jeanette R. Salsi, Alice Lorraine Barneyand and Sonja Lightfoot, each of whom played important roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that crippled now defunct Pierce Commercial Bank were sentenced in U.S. District…
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COLUMBUS Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between…
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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to reduce the prison sentence for Tommy Hix — who pleaded guilty in 2010 to mail fraud charges related to the failed Bahama Island condominium…
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