Christie J. McGougan, 41, Bethune, South Carolina, was sentenced to one year and one day incarceration for participating in a Conspiracy to Falsify Loan Applications, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371. McGougan was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
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Melva Massey, 29, Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with making false statements to obtain three home mortgages within a three month period.
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Hector Ricardo Esquivel, San Jose, California, a former real estate agent, was sentenced to one year in jail for six felony counts of grand theft for defrauding homeowners in a loan modification scam.
Esquivel solicited victims from Santa Clara County, California and beyond between May 2008 and May 2009. Victims lost
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Darin Lee McAllister, 44, Brentwood, Tennessee, a Special Agent employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Nashville, Tennessee, was indicted by a grand jury sitting in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 19 count indictment charges McAllister with wire fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
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A California, a real estate broker, was convicted of conspiring with her boyfriend and his brother to commit $17.5 million in real estate fraud by purchasing 35 properties using stolen identities…
Anthony G. Symmes, 59, Paradise, California, has agreed to plead guilty to an information, charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a builder bailout scheme involving fraudulent sales of 62 houses, and with one count of money laundering. Symmes, who is an attorney, a CPA, a developer, and the largest home builder in the Chico,
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David Wehrs, Sr., 55, Annapolis, Maryland, has been sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release, with the first year to be served on home detention with electronic monitoring, for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors and financial institutions. Wehrs has also been ordered to pay $2,365,128 in restitution and to
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Kathy Chen, 49, Westminster, California, a real estate broker, was convicted of conspiring with her boyfriend and his brother to commit $17.5 million in real estate fraud by purchasing 35 properties using stolen identities and intentionally defaulting on loans in order to steal the loan money. Chen was found guilty by a jury of 136 felony counts including one count of
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D’Von Massey, 37, Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with making false statements to obtain three home mortgages within a three month period.
According to Massey’s plea agreement, between June 2007 and September 2007, Massey and others submitted three mortgage applications
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Stafford A. Hilaire, 59, Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 32 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Following the prison term, Hilaire was ordered to spend 2 years on supervised release. Hilaire was also ordered to pay restitution totaling
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