Ralph John Solis, Hemet, California, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison and ordered him to pay more than $12.6 million in restitution to the victims of a real estate Ponzi scheme he operated.
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Pamela Stacey Gerber-Gressier, 53, Cerritos, California, is facing 108 counts of misconduct including the unauthorized practice of law in another jurisdiction, aiding in the unauthorized practice of law, collecting an illegal fee, moral turpitude and failing to return unearned fees.
Stephen Lyster Siringoringo, 32, Garden Grove, California, bar # 264161, has been disbarred for defrauding homeowners in a loan modification scam.
Patricia Bonavito, 59, formerly of San Francisco, California, and currently from New York City, New York, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco to giving false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding.
Mark Hofmann, 55, San Diego, California, a real estate developer, was charged in a one-count Bill of Information with wire fraud.
Hoda Samuel, 62, Elk Grove, California, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme that caused more than $5.5 million in losses.
Ruben Oscar Palagonia, 67, San Bernardino, California, was arraigned in San Bernardino Superior Court on Forgery and Identity Theft charges for allegedly obtaining a home mortgage loan with false credit information.
Christopher Robert Wise, 34, Denver, Colorado, who billed himself as “The Credit Line Millionaire,” has pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges that accuse him of conspiring to obtain lines of credit worth hundreds of thousands of dollars through a host of misrepresentations and falsified documents.
Ruben Oscar Palagonia, 67, San Bernardino, California, was arraigned in San Bernardino Superior Court on Forgery and Identity Theft charges for allegedly obtaining a home mortgage loan with false credit information.
Glen Alan Ward, 48, a fraud artist who was a fugitive from justice for over a decade, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for running a nearly 15-year foreclosure-rescue scam that fraudulently delayed foreclosure sales for more than 800 distressed homeowners.