Michael Rory Woods, 44, Buffalo, New York, was charged by criminal complaint with making false statements on a loan application in order to secure a refinance mortgage.
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Guy Samuel, 32, Richmond Hill, New York; the co-owner of a company that purported to provide mortgage modification services, and four former employees of the company, Anthony Blackwell, 47, Manhattan, New York; Angel Gonzalez, 31, Rosedale, New York; Jonathan Lyons, 51, Rockville Center, New York; and Aren Goldfaden, 36, East Rockaway, New York, have been indicted for their alleged participation in a multimillion-dollar scheme that victimized more than 500 financially struggling homeowners across the country.
Quelyory A. Rigal, 38, Homestead, was sentenced to 200 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch.
Nathan Levner, 54, Oceanside, New York, has been charged with stealing $10,000 from a couple he was representing in the purchase of a new home.
Yvonne DeBenedetto, 46, Bay Shore, New York, an attorney, has been sentenced to two to six years in prison after she pleaded guilty to stealing more than $573,000 from clients who hired her to represent them in real estate deals.
James Kalpakis, 52, Old Westbury, New York, a disbarred attorney, has pleaded guilty to the top count against him after being charged with stealing more than $4 million from multiple individuals and banks he was representing in real estate deals, including his own wife.
John Tuozzo, 48, Woodbury, New York, was sentenced by Judge Susan T. Kluewer to one to three years in prison after tricking his mother-in-law into signing various real estate documents that allowed him to steal more than $600,000 from several financial institutions and leaving her facing civil lawsuits in addition to foreclosure proceedings on a nearly $1 million home she had no idea she owned.John Tuozzo.
John Parisi, 52, Atlantic City, New Jersey, admitted he conspired to defraud FirstPlus Financial Group Inc. (FPFG), a Texas-based financial services company allegedly targeted for extortionate takeover and looting by a group led by alleged Lucchese organized crime family member Nicodemo S. Scarfo.
Lisa Marie Scarfo, 34, Elmer, New Jersey, the wife of a reputed mob figure admitted she conspired to defraud a mortgage lender in order to buy a $715,000 house in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey.
According to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), approximately 69,000 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) specific to Mortgage Loan Fraud (MLF) in 2012 were received—a 25 percent decrease from those received in 2011.