John Pitlick, 44, New Hope, Minnesota, who had been charged with mail fraud, was sentenced on August 26, 2011, by Chief US District Judge Karen E. Schreier to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, $300,000 in restitution, and a $100 assessment to the Victim Assistance Fund.
Continue Reading...KCRG… of the transactions and were sentenced to probation. Attorney Paul Bieber pleaded guilty to misprision of felony and is awaiting sentencing. Real estate agent Mary Pat Harper pleaded guilty to felony…
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A north suburban man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, where he will join his son and daughter, who are serving eight-year terms in connection with a massive investment and mortgage fraud scheme that…
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Alex Gambini, 44, Greeley, Pennsylvania, the former owner of a financial services firm was sentenced to spend more than four years in prison for participating in a scheme to fraudulently inflate mortgages during 1999-2002.
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Kathleen Harps, 51, Chesapeake, Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain mortgage loans.
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Corvus Law Group is mailing ads to Idaho homeowners inviting them to join scam lawsuits against their mortgage lenders. The ads look like government forms and claim homeowners can get large principal reductions or other monetary relief if they join the lawsuit.
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NorthJersey.com According to the Indictment and the admissions made in court today by O’Malley and Arvelo, the participants in the mortgage fraud scheme falsely represented on mortgage loan applications…
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James Hurst Miller Jr., 63, Paso Robles, California, was charged with federal fraud and money laundering offenses for allegedly bilking victims who invested into Central Coast real estate projects””money that was siphoned off for other purposes.
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Consumers are being warned to be wary of any notices or advertisements that claim to offer homeowners facing foreclosure “complete forgiveness of the loan” or other monetary relief if they join a class-action lawsuit. Such ploys are likely a pretext to collect illegal up-front fees for foreclosure assistance.
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A Valley Stream man was among more than a dozen people arrested last week for an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving at least 100 mortgage loans worth more than $58 million. In an indictment filed by the US
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