Bryan D’Antonio, 47, Brea, California, and Charles Wayne Farris, 53, Aliso Viejo, California, were arrested for operating the Rodis Law Group and America’s Law Group, businesses that allegedly offered bogus loan modification assistance to struggling homeowners. Ronald Rodis, 49, Irvine, California, an attorney, surrendered to federal agents on charges alleging that he participated in, and lent his name and the law license he formerly possessed to, the fraudulent operation.
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Charles Head, 36, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Budoff, 46, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Domonic McCarns, 39, Irvine, California, were found guilty after a five-week trial by a federal jury in Sacramento, California.
David Kaup, 30, San Gabriel, California, who was scheduled to be sentenced in December 2012, but failed to appear in court for his sentencing hearing, was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jeriel Salinas, 32, Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud relating to his involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme while working at Crisp & Cole Real Estate.
Michael Angelo Munoz, 34, Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty today to two counts of mail fraud relating to his involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that ran from January 2004 to September 2007. On November 12, 2013, co-defendant Jayson Peter Costa, 40, also of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud relating to the same mortgage fraud scheme.
Diane Cobb, 56, and Paul Sloane Davis, 74, have been charged with fifteen counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud, and Diane Cobb has also been charged with five counts of aggravated identity theft.
Brandon Hanly, 33, Redding, California, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to four years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme.
Loan Tech Inc., Encinitas, California, a mortgage loan processor, and its president, Emily Kaye-Eddie, agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages and civil penalties for a 2008-2009 mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses to the Federal Housing Administration.
Carlyle “Carl” Lee Cole, 66, and Caleb Lee Cole, 37, and Sneha Ramesh Mohammadi, 41, all of Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their involvement in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that ran from January 2004 to September 2007.
Daniel Rosenbledt, Hillsborough, California, a real estate investor. has agreed to plead guilty to his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California. Rosenbledt is the 36th individual to plead guilty or agree to plead guilty to bid rigging and fraud in Northern California.