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Linda Yarleque, 44, and her husband, Fabio Moreno Vargas, 46, Westwood, New Jersey, were both convicted of one count each of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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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.

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Robert Mikail, 41, formerly of Ashburn, Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud in connection with his role in fraudulent mortgage loan transactions involving approximately 36 properties in northern Virginia and nearly $20 million in fraudulently obtained loans.

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Sylvia Odia Thomas, 40, formerly of West Chester, Ohio was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $313,021 in restitution to lenders and $95,422.14 to the IRS for crimes she committed as part of a mortgage fraud scheme.

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Kenneth Koehler, 43, Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent loans were obtained on six properties, all of which subsequently went into foreclosure.

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Lance Kellow, 36, Henderson, Nevada, following a nine-day jury trial, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud for committing mortgage fraud crimes that caused losses to federally insured financial institutions of over $1 million.

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Hoda Samuel, 60, Elk Grove, California, was found guilty of a conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and of 30 individual counts of mail fraud after a 10 day jury trial.

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Season Heather Hymas, 27, American Fork, Utah, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Boise, Idaho, to theft from a financial institution, a misdemeanor.

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Estrellita “Esther” Garo Miguel, 62, Honolulu, Hawaii, a mortgage broker who operated the business Easy Mortgage, was sentenced to 52 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Judge Susan Oki Mollway for her operation of a mortgage fraud and money laundering scheme.

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