Sabrina Weinberg, 44, Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud arising from a multi-million dollar mail fraud scheme to purchase numerous properties in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC, using fraudulent
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A seven-count Indictment has been unsealed charging 12 individuals-including mortgage brokers, loan officers, and attorneys-with engaging in a scheme to defraud various lending institutions by using fictitious identities and documents to obtain more than $9 million in residential mortgages. All 12 defendants have been arrested and are expected to be presented in federal court.
The defendants are alleged in the Indictment to have played the following roles in the mortgage fraud
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Osman Sharrieff Al-Bari, 35, Washington, D.C., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to 78 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for mail fraud arising from the fraudulent purchase of 25 properties in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Continue Reading...
Benjamin Osmanson, 30, California and Sarita, Texas, pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering related to his scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by submitting false loan applications in the names of “investors.” Osmanson was arrested in October 2008 in Texas. His codefendant Jillian
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Richard Allison, 38, Camp Springs, Maryland, an attorney and employee of the U.S. Census Bureau, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus to 18 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme which falsely promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit. Judge Titus also
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Mario Bernadel, 51, Phoenix, Arizona, has been convicted on 19 counts of Conspiracy to Commit Mail, Wire, and Bank Fraud; Mail Fraud; Wire Fraud; Bank Fraud, and Transactional Money Laundering as a result of his involvement in a cash back mortgage fraud scheme. Sentencing is set before U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee on November 30, 2009.
Bernadel played a leadership
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Eugene J. Lockhart, Jr., 48, Carrollton, Texas, a former player with the Dallas Cowboys, and eight others, have been indicted on various charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme he and the others allegedly ran in the Dallas, Texas area from 2001 through 2005. Lockhart and co-defendant Continue Reading...