Columbia, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Scott M. Wickersham, age 33, of Summerville, pled guilty today in federal court in Charleston, to one count of Conspiracy…
Continue Reading...Last Friday, two New Jersey residents were charged in an elaborate mortgage fraud scheme. According to the charges, the alleged crimes took place from 2007 to 2008. Both defendants had been working as loan…
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TAMPA United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Anthony Haynes (53, Seffner) today pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud affecting a financial institution. He faces a maximum penalty of 30…
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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 Court. All three of the women worked for years with scheme leader Shawn Portmann, whose fraudulent loans resulted in losses of more than $10 million.
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Schelton Assoumou, 36, 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.
Xochitl Cervantes, 35, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been criminally charged for her involvement in a mortgage lending fraud case involving several victims operating under the name of CSR Services.
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WXYZ The mortgage fraud case includes a home on the 5100 block of Porath, as well as several Dearborn Heights homes. The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) received a complaint that Salami…
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LAS VEGAS — A preliminary hearing has been set for a woman accused in a mortgage lending fraud case. Xochitl Cervantes, 35, is facing several charges, including mortgage lending fraud and embezzlement.
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Aneal Maharaj, 65, a former resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, who defrauded 17 individuals of almost $1.5 million in an investment fraud and marketing scheme involving early mortgage payoffs, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison for his guilty pleas to fraud and tax evasion charges.
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Gerald Lee Kelly, 48, Gilbert, Arizona, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for his role in an investment scheme. Kelly pleaded guilty on May 14, 2012, to wire fraud, transactional money laundering, and structuring financial transactions through a domestic financial institution.