Teresa Jean Whitten, 39, Liberty, Missouri, who operated a real estate business has been indicted by a federal grand jury for her role in a $5 million mortgage fraud scheme.

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Samuel Thomas Geren Jones, 32, Spokane, Washington, was sentenced in federal court in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a real estate investment scam.

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Jonas Rogers, 54, Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud and identity theft scheme.

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Antoinette Payne, 44, North Royalton, Ohio, a loan officer, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for a mortgage-fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $1 million.

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Scott S. Schuhriemen, 38, Sarasota, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiring to make false statements to Branch Banking and Trust, an FDIC insured financial institution.

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SYRACUSE (AP) — Authorities say an upstate New York lawyer has been convicted of federal felonies for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian says a jury found 49-year-old Albany…

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Baltimore Sun”Your home is your security,” said Hartz, 56. Naylor helped prosecute the case, the first criminal mortgage fraud case that the state agency has been involved in since her position was created last…

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Simon Saeid Koli was sentenced in federal court to serve 30 months in custody, followed by three years’ supervised release, for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving four expensive homes.

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SAN DIEGO (CN) – A San Diego loan officer was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in federal prison for a mortgage fraud conspiracy that netted him and a cohort $1 million. Simon Saeid Koli, 41, pleaded guilty in…

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Douglas E. Brandewie, Port Huron, Michigan, a bank president, will pay $185,000 and was permanently barred from the banking industry as a result of his felony conviction for making false statements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

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