Stevan John Henrioulle, 68, Oakland, California, and Ronald Veridiano Uy, 52, Pacifica, California, are recommended for disbarment by a California State Bar Court judge for involvement in a scheme to defraud struggling homeowners.
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Yin Nan (Michael) Wang and Wendy Ko have been charged with fraud and an emergency asset freeze was levied against a group of Pasadena, California-based companies at the center of an ongoing real estate investment scheme.
Vincent Robert Eppstein, 49, San Jose, California, was convicted of embezzling more than half a million dollars from his good friend, while she was away in a long-term rehab program. The defendant refinanced her real estate and payed off his own mortgage with her money, among other things.
Blair Christopher Hanloh, 50, Long Beach, California, was convicted of stealing over $3.5 million in a fraudulent scheme by falsely transferring residential property deeds and fraudulently renting out houses.
James Lee Lankford, 74, formerly of Modesto, California, a real estate broker, pleaded guilty to seven counts of mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scam that looted elderly homeowners and lending institutions of millions of dollars.
James G. Berghius, 41, Sacramento, California, was convicted by a federal jury after a three day trial of four counts of mail fraud, four counts of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering related to a Ponzi scheme that he operated.
Myra Holmes, 56, Vallejo, California, was sentenced on October 7, 2013, to 27 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay over $196,000 in restitution on bankruptcy and mortgage fraud related changes..
Walter Ng, his son Kelly Ng, and Bruce Horwitz, three real estate fund managers, have been charged with fraud for secretly using the assets of a new real estate fund to rescue an older, rapidly collapsing fund.
Alvin R. Brown, Redondo Beach, California, is the subject of charges and an emergency asset freeze against his companies for defrauding seniors and other investors in a real estate investment scheme.
John Allen, Laguna Hills, California, a mortgage loan processor based in was sentenced to one year in custody by U.S. District Court Judge John A. Houston for his participation in an investment and mortgage loan fraud scheme that generated nearly $15 million in kickbacks.