Taze Claiborne “TC” Ellis, 45, and his son, Taze Jordan “TJ” Ellis, 23, both of Sacramento, California, allegedly stole more than $3.2 million from investors who were told their money was being invested in a real estate venture to buy and re-sell foreclosed homes.
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Xi A. “Andy” Lieng, aka A. Xi Lieng, 43, Fresno, California, a self-employed produce broker, was sentenced to 10 years and one month for his involvement in cultivating nearly 4,000 marijuana plants in homes in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, California, that had been acquired through mortgage fraud.
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Danli Liu, Fremont, California, a Northern California real estate investor, has agreed to plead guilty for her role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California.
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Garret Griffith Gililland, III, 31, formerly of Chico and Paradise, California, was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in prison and a three-year term of supervised release. Shane Burreson, 39, Orland, California, was sentenced to 23 months in prison and a three-year term of supervised release. Both pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering stemming from their involvement in Nor-Cal Innovative Investments, Chico, California.
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Monica Whitten, Modesto, California, was sentenced for recording false documents relating to her parents’ mortgage.
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Terrill “Terry” Meisinger, Seal Beach, California, agreed to a $5 million civil penalty in connection with allegations of a massive fraud targeting homeowners, renters and lenders.
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Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) opened an extension of its Los Angeles, California, Mortgage Help Center in the Inland Empire region to provide free education and counseling services to struggling California homeowners.
Kenneth Powell, 59, a former resident of Thousand Oaks, California, was sentenced by Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kevin McGee to serve 18 years in state prison for his role in a real estate investment fraud scheme.
Sunti Shah, 51, and Supriti Soni, 52, two sisters, were sentenced Friday, July 27, 2012, for conspiring with two other family members to commit over $16 million in real estate fraud by forging documents and purchasing homes using straw buyers.
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Thomas Joseph O’Meara, III, 65, Palm Desert, California, a former Carmel, Calif., real estate developer pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering arising out of his golf course investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded more than 50 victims.
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