Archives For Mortgage Fraudsters

Lee Loomis, aka Lawrence Leland Loomis, 54, Granite Bay, California, was arrested and a 50-count indictment was unsealed, charging him and six others with mail fraud and wire fraud.

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Gregory Lashon Thomas, 41, Desoto, Texas, has been convicted of various offenses related to a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme he ran in the Dallas,Texas area.

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Lester Soto, 56, Freehold, New Jersey; Klary Arcentales, 44, Lyndhurst, New Jersey; Antonio Pimenta, 44 Irvington, New Jersey; Adilson Silva, 46, Union, New Jersey; Linda Cohen, 54 Orange, New Jersey;Michael Rumore, 54, New Jersey; Issac DePaula, 33, and Rodrigo Costa, 32, both of Brazil, have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused losses of over $30 million

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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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Timothy McCabe, 47, and Theresa Morales, 48, Hypoluxo, Florida, have been indicted for bank fraud.

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Sonata Bastien a/k/a Sean Chase, 30, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts, has been charged with fraudulently offering real estate loans over the Internet, then failing to make the loans or refund the application fees.

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Donald M. Ramsey, 45, Alexandria, Virginia, a mortgage broker, pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit bank and mail fraud for his part in a scheme that cost lenders more than $700,000.

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Steven Klebosits, 40, St. Charles, Illinois, Thomas Hyland, 40 Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Joseph Natalizio, 39, Bloomingdale, Illinois, Diomede Cardone, 32, Addison, Illinois, Jason Strever, 30, formerly of Sandwich, Illinois, Joseph Abate, 48, Downers Grove, Illinois, and Yusef Allan, 31, Chicago, Illinois were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than 20 residential mortgage loans totaling approximately $8.5 million from various lenders.

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Mitchell Cohen, 54, Old Westbury, New York and Erin Davis, 43, Yonkers, New York, the owner and a sales manager, respectively, of Buy-A-Home, a real estate brokerage business, have been indicted for participating in a $7.5 million mortgage fraud scheme.

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Jesus Sira, 32, Nestor Urdaneta, 29, Maria Urdaneta, 32, and Vanessa Urdaneta, 28, Florida, have been indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in relation to a mortgage fraud scheme.

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