Adam Lacerda, 28, and Ashley Lacerda, 32, both of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey; Ian Resnick, 37, Abescon, New Jersey; and Genevieve Manzoni, 46, Lake Worth, Florida, were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a $3 million conspiracy to scam customers by offering phony consulting services to propery owners and owners of timeshares through the New Jersey-based Vacation Ownership Group LLC.
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Frederick Tropeano, 47, Holmdel, New Jersey, was sentenced to 12 years with a five year, ten-month period of parole ineligibility, in a New Jersey state prison after he admitted he laundered millions of dollars through an extensive mortgage refinance fraud scheme bilking more than 40 homeowners in New Jersey and New York out of more than $7.5 million,
Mario Coniglione, 50, Staten Island, New Jersey, surrendered himself and was arrested on Friday, August 23, 2013, on charges of second degree Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition of Property Received.
Linda Cohen, 55, Orange, New Jersey, a paralegal, admitted participating in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions of at least $2 million.
James Cockinos, 58, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, a former mortgage broker and bank officer, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for his role in conspiring to commit bank fraud in order to secure a $1.48 million residential real estate loan.
James Cockinos, 58, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., a former mortgage broker and bank officer, has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for defrauding Washington Mutual Bank (later acquired by JPMorgan Chase) in New York, for the purpose of securing a $1.48 million residential loan.
Teresa Giudice, 41, and her husband, Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, 43, both of Towaco, N.J., two stars of the Bravo television show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” were charged in a conspiracy to defraud lenders and illegally obtain mortgages and other loans as well as allegedly hiding assets and income during a bankruptcy case,
Ryan E. Bird, a/k/a Chris Jackson, a/k/a Matthew Bross, 35, Clementon, New Jersey, a former employee of The Vacation Ownership Group LLC, admitted to conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties.
James F. Habel, 56, Dunedin, Florida, previously of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, a former school district superintendent is named in a pair of indictments by a Monmouth County, New Jersey, grand jury charging him with various schemes, including mortgage fraud totaling more than $1 million.
Vito C. Grippo, 58, Jackson, New Jersey, and Frederick “Freddie” Grippo, 32, Old Bridge, New Jersey, a father and son who ran a mortgage loan fraud scheme that succeeded in obtaining $4.4 million in mortgage loans while masquerading as a foreclosure rescue operation were both sentenced to prison.