Steven Bartlett, 42, Chicago, Illinois, Robert Lattas, 36, Oak Brook, Illinois, Nicholas Burge, 34, Bloomington, Illinois, and Anthony Campanale, 58, Oak Park, Illinois, have been indicted in two separate mortgage fraud cases.
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Fred Haywood, 42, Chicago, Illinois, a former loan officer, was sentenced to more than 12½ years in federal prison for engaging in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 65 real estate transactions with properties located mostly in economically-depressed neighborhoods, which netted him personally more than $700,000.
Michael Morawski, 56, Sleepy Hollow, Illinois, and Frank Constant, 59, West Dundee, Illinois, whom swindled investors out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi fraud scheme, were sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay full restitution to their victims.
Mark P. Troehler, 38, Herrin Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Benton, Illinois, on May 9, 2013, and charged with Bank Fraud.
Fred Haywood, 42, Chicago, Illinois, a former loan officer, was sentenced to more than 12 1/2 years in federal prison for engaging in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 65 real estate transactions with properties located mostly in economically depressed neighborhoods on the city’s south side which netted him personally more than $700,000.
James A. Regas, 82, Oak Brook, Illinois, the former chairman of a west suburban bank was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for making false statements in regulatory documents regarding his undisclosed personal interest in loans that resulted in the bank losing more than $680,000.
Warren Ballentine, 41, Durham, North Carolina, and formerly of Country Club Hills, Illinois, an lawyer who hosts a national radio talk show, was indicted on federal charges for allegedly engaging in two mortgage fraud schemes that defrauded lenders of a total of approximately $9.7 million.
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Mortgage FACS Corporation and Enlightened LLC are the subjects of two lawsuits for allegedly taking advantage of struggling homeowners by falsly claiming that an audit of the homeowner’s mortgage would identify errors resulting in a reduction in monthly mortgage payments.
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Anthony F. D’Agostino, 77, former owner, CEO and president of Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co., Rockford, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in Commercial Mortgage.
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LaShawn K. Ford, 40, Chicago, Illinois, an Illinois State Representative who also invested in real estate in Chicago, was indicted on federal bank fraud and related charges for allegedly fraudulently obtaining a line of credit from the failed ShoreBank and obtaining multiple advances by making false statements about his intended use of the funds.
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