Menachem Yosef Levitin, 27, New Haven, 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 Levitin’s participation in a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme in New Haven.
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Joann Smith, 47, and her boyfriend, Wayne Betha, 42, Ewing, New Jersey, who ran a real estate firm, pleaded guilty to stealing from home sellers by diverting proceeds from home sales, and also defrauding mortgage companies by falsifying the earnings of loan applicants.
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Alonzo Jackson Brown III, 44, Fairfield, California has been indicted on nine counts in connection with an investment fraud scheme and a mortgage fraud scheme.
According to court documents, Brown is a licensed real estate broker who used that position to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme. Brown is accused of
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Ryan Daryl Krutzig, 31, Maple Grove, Minnesota, a real estate appraiser, and Jesse Scott Hoffman, 32, St. Cloud, Minnesota, a real estate agent, were indicted in connection with a $1.8 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 28 properties. The defendants were charged with five counts of wire fraud in connection to the scam. In addition, Continue Reading...
Anson Joachin, 39, Parkland, Florida, was sentenced to 41 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. In addition, U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro ordered Joachin to pay $2,352,310 in restitution.
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Rito Miguel Diaz, Jr, has been sentenced by Judge Philip S. Gutierrez to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for 24 months as charged in Count One of the Four-Count sealed Indictment. Diaz, Jr was also sentenced to supervised release for three years, a special assessment of $100, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,254,667. Continue Reading...
George M. Eggleston, 63, Las Vegas, Nevada, has been charged with wire fraud and mail fraud in a foreclosure rescue scheme. A federal grand jury returned the indictment on June 10, 2010 and was unsealed after Eggleston’s arrest. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of all property and proceeds obtained directly or indirectly in the scheme.
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Felix Pichardo, 27, Lancaster, California was sentenced to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $777,000 in relation to a mortgage fraud scheme in which he “purchased” homes in Altadena and Riverside, California. Pichardo pleaded
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Ethan Ellner, 54, Plainview, New York, pleaded guilty to three counts of Grand Larceny 2nd degree, one count of Conspiracy 4th degree and one count of Scheme to Defraud 1st degree on charges stemming from the indictment wherein Ellner, George Guldi, a former Suffolk County Legislator and others were charged with grand larceny,
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Kevin M. O’Connell, 35, Albany, New York pled guilty to a one-count information charging him with the felony offense of laundering of monetary instruments in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), in connection with his role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded financial institutions and other mortgage lenders of over $5.3 million in loans.
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