Jeffrey Weisman, 43, New Haven, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud stemming from his role as a closing attorney in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven.
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Menachem Yosef Levitin, 27, New Haven, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud. The charge stems from Levitin’s participation in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven.
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Scott Eric Perry, 35, Brookwood, Alabama, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on false statement charges related to an almost $750,000 mortgage fraud scheme in the Birmingham, Alabama area.
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Kevin D. Hightower, 42, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is the subject of a seven-count indictment charging him with defrauding lenders out of approximately $3,592,099.32 in mortgage loans in connection with 38 Columbus, Ohio, properties he purchased through his real estate investment company, Suite 500 LLC.
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Michael Anthony Prieskorn, 37, Ellendale, Minnesota, was sentenced on charges stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in losses of at least $18 million for mortgage lenders.
Sergio Martinez, 35, Tucson, Arizona, is the subject of an indictment, which was returned by a federal grand jury on March 29, 2012, and now unsealed, which charges the former loan officer with bank fraud, false statement to influence a financial institution, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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Gabriel Viramontes, 49, Elk Grove, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia to four years and nine months in prison and ordered to pay restitution to his victims for a mortgage fraud scheme.
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Donna Sherman, 34, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, president and owner of her title company, has been found by a jury of a pattern of corrupt activity for fraudulently closing home loans. Her title company, Sherman Title Agency, Inc. was convicted of the same crimes.
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Joseph Ulysses Grant, IV, 31, Jacksonville, Florida, a senior loan officer, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Harvey Schlesinger to 30 months in federal prison for committing wire fraud. On May 12, 2011, Grant was found guilty by a jury of two counts of wire fraud.
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Robert C. Sasser, 31, West Columbia, South Carolina, pled guilty to his involvement in eight real estate transactions financed by Wachovia for approximately $2.5 million. The loans were collateralized by homes that were significantly overvalued.
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