Archives For Mortgage Fraudsters

Bradford J. Rieger, 56, Woodbridge, 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 Rieger’s role as a closing attorney in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Kevin Grady Sr., 48, Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced for wire fraud, bank fraud and making false statements to the FBI and Edward Hessie Sumrell, 55, Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced for making a false statement to the FBI, both in connection with a mortgage fraud scam.

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Jason Dade, 37, Chicago, Illinois, a licensed real estate agent and the owner of Round Table  Enterprises, Inc., Cheryl Ware, 47, Shorewood, Illinois, a licensed loan originator, Tiffini Chism, 36, Glenwood, Illinois, also a licensed loan originator, and Tamika Peters, 34, Country Club Hills, Illinois were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain at least 42 residential mortgage loans totaling approximately $9.1 million from various lenders.

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Paulo Montenegro, 45, and his wife, Rosana Pereira, 48, Weston, Massachusetts, have been sentenced in connection with fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in Section 8 public housing subsidies and defrauding mortgage lenders.

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Thomas Komasa, 47, and his wife Heidi Komasa, 39, Saugerties, New York, were convicted on charges stemming from an alleged mortgage fraud scheme.

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Jeffrey Russell Huldtquist, 47, Hoover, Alabama and William Crawford Kellum, 52, Homewood, Alabama have been indicted on charges they defrauded a bank by presenting false statements in order to obtain mortgage loans.

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Jeffrey Dillard Square, 50, Center Point, Alabama has been indicted for bank fraud in connection with a $61,000 mortgage loan scheme.

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Todd R. Bettin, 42, Crofton, Maryland, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a five year scheme to divert or hold mortgage payoff funds from clients’ closings on 17 Maryland properties.             

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Muhammad Safadi, Los Gatos, California, Scott Safadi, 31, Saratoga, California, and Raquel Ramirez, 45, Fremont, California, have been indicted for bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making false statements to financial institutions. 

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James Boyd Douglas, Jr., 42, who previously practiced law in Lee County, Alabama, was sentenced to 45 months in prison for engaging in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme.

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