Adel Afkarian and Atef Afkarian each entered a guilty plea in federal court in San Diego, California, in connection with a fraud scheme involving sales of million-dollar homes in San Diego and Del Mar, California.
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Mary Armstrong, the mastermind of a $100 million mortgage fraud that generated almost $15 million in illegal kickbacks, was sentenced to 100 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John A. Houston.
Steve Kessedjian, 50, Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud client escrow funds.
Adorean Boleancu, 47, Napa, California, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on September 13, 2013, to one count of wire fraud.
Sean Patrick Gjerde, 37, Elk Grove, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to two and a half years in prison for conspiring to commit mortgage fraud and make false statements in loan applications.
Eric Ray Hernandez, 37, Bakersfield, California, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 10 years and 10 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme.
Tamara Teresa Tikal, 43, Brentwood, California, and Ray Jan Kornfeld, 57, Las Vegas, Nevada, were arrested for their roles in a continuing multistate scam that has defrauded distressed homeowners throughout California and elsewhere.
Daniel Rosenbledt, Hillsborough, California, a Northern California 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.
Robert Hans Schenk, 52, Pacific Palisades, California, was sentenced on September 6, 2013, to four years in prison for wire fraud.
Michael Swanson, 62, Seaside, California, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.