Andrew D. Norman, 36, Akron, Ohio, man was sentenced to more than three years in prison and ordered to pay more than $15 million in restitution for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme in Florida and a separate scheme to defraud two elderly investors.
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Brandon Shepherd, owner of Freedom Financial, the CORE Foundation, and the Sberna Foundation, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft. An employee of Shepherd, Garland Ward, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted theft. Laura Habre George and Jeff Sadler, both appraisers, also pleaded guilty to their roles in the scam.
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Kevin D. Barcomb, 39, Kirtland, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with his role in a mortgage fraud scheme with losses to lenders of more than $2.2 million.
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Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, Ohio, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between June 2006 and July 2010.
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Richard Nobles, Granville, Ohio, was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and money laundering for his role in a $2.5 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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Camille M. Harris, 42, Cleveland, Ohio, Kenneth T. Embry, 56, Lyndhurst, Ohio, and Deon D. Levy, 43, Bedford, Ohio, were indicted for their roles in a $1.4 million mortgage fraud conspiracy involving property in North Carolina.
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Antoinette Payne, 44, North Royalton, Ohio, a loan officer, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for a mortgage-fraud scheme that resulted in a loss of more than $1 million.
William A. Turner, 46, Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to twenty months in prison, followed by three years supervised release, for his role in mortgage fraud scheme.
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A. Eddy Zai, 44, Pepper Pike, Ohio, pleaded guilty to nine counts and agreed to forfeit $16.7 million for his participation in a fraud scheme against St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union.
Ryan Zimmerman, previously of Culver City, California, Consumer Advocates Group Experts, LLC, and Advocates for Consumer Affairs Experts, LLC, are the subjects of a civil lawsuit for violations of Ohio’s consumer laws, including failure to deliver and failure to provide refunds for home loan modification assistance.
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