Archives For California

Christopher J. Woods, 53, Sydney, Australia, who once worked as a jockey. has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for concealing the proceeds of a loan fraud scheme that caused victims to lose more than $5 million in less than eight months.

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Daniel Gherasim, 36, Citrus Heights, California, was indicted by a federal grand jury for bank fraud, false statements on a loan and credit application, money laundering, and structuring in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud a bank in obtaining a home equity loan.

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Michael T. Pines, 60, Carlsbad, California, an attorney who made national headlines for advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes, may be stripped of his law license.

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Anthony J. Kassas, 35, Diamond Bar, California, state bar number 227647, accused of a massive loan modification scam that victimized more than 50 distressed homeowners is facing disbarment by default.

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Gary David Tracy, 50, Ontario, California, bar number 167212, has been shut down for allowing his name and law license to be used in a scheme to defraud distressed homeowners.

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Stephen Lyster Siringoringo, Garden Grove, California, state bar number 264161, is the subject of disciplinary charges for allegedly taking illegal advanced fees from distressed homeowners and partnering with non-lawyers in a large-scale loan modification scheme.

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Sharon L. Lapin, 57, Greenbrae, California, bar number 165919, is facing disbarment for her alleged involved in a sophisticated scheme to defraud distressed homeowners by promising that a bogus predatory lending lawsuit was the solution to their foreclosure issues.

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Lynn Truong, aka Linh Thi Truong, 40, Clovis, California, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for a conspiracy to defraud lenders while buying homes to use to grow marijuana.

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Dameene R. Dedrick, 39, Sacramento, California, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud and one count of mail fraud.

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Norman Montalvo, Concord, California, a Northern California real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.

 

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