Studies show that California is among the states with the highest rates of mortgage fraud. California ranks as one of the top nine states with cases of mortgage fraud per capita. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana…
Continue Reading...Charlotte Observer 17 people were charged in a major mortgage fraud investigation made public by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Wednesday afternoon. The charges include racketeering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud…
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Alexander Iler, 38, Middletown, New Jersey, was arrested on a charge of second-degree theft for fraudulently converting the ownership of a Middletown property to his own name.
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Seven people have been charged for their alleged involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme totaling nearly $5 million. The individuals allegedly defrauded lenders by using straw buyers, filing false liens with county officials, laundering money, and inflating prices quoted to lenders.
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Mohamed Mahmow, 34, Syracuse, New York, was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment for fronting drugs to addicts whom he knew owned real property. Once the addict had incurred a sufficiently substantial drug debt, Mahmow would require the addict to sign over any real property they owned.
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Anthony J. DeMarco, III, 33, Conshohocken, PA, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving more than $30 million in loans.
Paul L. Hartfield, 56, Overland Park, Kansas, has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison on bank fraud charges. He was ordered to pay approximately $2.6 million in restitution.
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17 defendants have been charged with racketeering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank bribery, and money laundering. 14 additional defendants have agreed to plead guilty in connection with the latest criminal charges resulting from “Operation Wax House,” a mortgage fraud investigation.
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Edna Ledoux Jamieson, 44, Moneta, Virginia, a real estate agent, who pled guilty to tax charges related to money she earned through her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia.
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Steven Llloyd Knudsen, 50, Malta, Montana, appeared for sentencing for his role in defrauding a lender. Knudsen was sentenced to a term of 35 months in prison, a special assessment in the amount of $200, restitution in the amount of $948,555.11 and Supervised Release for 3 years.
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