Steven R. Hinz pleaded guilty to tax fraud and mortgage fraud charges in a Cleveland, Ohio, federal court.
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Paulette Roberts, 54, Sylvania, Ohio, has been indicted for a scheme that included falsifying documents and submitting them to bank officials to obtain credit approval for large commercial loans which would have otherwise been declined.
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Stephen P. Connolly, 51, Copley, Ohio, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution after previously pleading guilty to crimes related to a mortgage-fraud scheme involving four properties in the Akron and Cleveland areas.
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Michael Sweigart, the last suspect in a multi-state real estate telemarketing ring, is now in custody.
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Kevin E. Murphy, 51, Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme as a jury was being selected for the trial.
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Paul R. Tomko, 39, Cleveland, Ohio, a former paid cooperator for a federal law enforcement agency, is the subject of an eight-count indictment for mortgage and student aid fraud.
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Benjamin W. Richardson, 47, Powell, Ohio, and a former Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to a total of 50 months in prison for participating in a mortgage fraud conspiracy, committing bankruptcy fraud, and tampering with a witness in a federal investigation.
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Jack R. Coppenger, Jr., 49, Akron, Ohio, is the subject of a two-count criminal information charging him for his roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in losses of approximately $36 million.
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Kevin D. Hightower, 42, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is the subject of a seven-count indictment charging him with defrauding lenders out of approximately $3,592,099.32 in mortgage loans in connection with 38 Columbus, Ohio, properties he purchased through his real estate investment company, Suite 500 LLC.
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Andrew Hill, 34, Dublin, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison for obtaining more than $1.2 million in fraudulent mortgage loans involving investment properties in Portsmouth, Ohio then “flipping” the properties and selling them to unqualified buyers.
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