Christopher Rojas, Irvine, California, is the subject of a civil lawsuit for running a foreclosure rescue operation that used multiple business names and failed to deliver on its promises to lower consumers’ mortgage payments.
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Jeffrey C. McLendon, 39, Zanesville, Ohio, a former mortgage broker, has been indicted and charged with two counts of theft, fourth-degree felonies; five counts of theft, fifth-degree felonies; and five counts of misdemeanor theft…
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A federal grand jury has charged a title agent, Deborah Kistner, her husband Mark Kistner, an employee Philip Ennis, and an associate Jaime Smith, with devising a scheme to defraud at least four lending institutions out of approximately $7,092,300 in mortgage loans between April 2006 and April 2008.
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William A. Turner, 46, Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of his role in a $5.6 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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Debbie Sferrazza, 47, West Chester, Ohio, was sentenced to a total of 46 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. She is one of six family members and one employee that have been sentenced in U.S. District Court for a mortgage fraud scheme involving nine properties bought and sold for their own use between 2004 and 2009.
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Donna Sherman, 34, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, president and owner of her title company, has been found by a jury of a pattern of corrupt activity for fraudulently closing home loans. Her title company, Sherman Title Agency, Inc. was convicted of the same crimes.
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A total of 13 defendants have been indicted in Ohio on mortgage fraud offenses involving nearly 13 million dollars in fraudulent loans, 9 of which worked for Argent Mortgage Company.
Denise (O’Brock) Kobus – Argent account manager
A loan officer and five straw buyers/investors were charged in federal court via a criminal information for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme involving 26 properties throughout the Cleveland, Ohio, area and more than $7.5 million in mortgage loans:
Jeffrey S. Brown, Jr., 30, Cleveland, Ohio, a loan officer;
Rolante
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Dr. Robert J. Rosenstein, 56, Cleveland, Ohio, was indicted one one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, false statements to influence a bank to make a loan, mail fraud, and wire fraud.
Rosenstein is charged as being a straw buyer for a co-conspirator, not charged in the information, referred to as “J.C.” The information defines a straw buyer as an individual
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Laura S. Lassiter, 53, Pataskala, Ohio, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for preparing fraudulent loan documents as part of a mortgage fraud scheme that she was involved with between November 2005 and May 2007. In addition, Lassiter was ordered to serves five years of supervised release following her term of imprisonment, as well as to pay $1,160,301.27 in restitution
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