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2013 

Former Bend-Area Bank Loan Officer Pleads Guilty to $2.6 Million Fraud Case Relates to the Collapse of Desert Sun Development in Bend, Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office May 16, 2013 District of Oregon (503) 727-1000   EUGENE, OR—Today, Jeffrey Sprague, 50, of Bend, Oregon, appeared before Chief U.S....
05/16/2013
Seneca Falls Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office May 16, 2013 Western District of New York (716) 843-5700   ROCHESTER, NY—U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Mary Brainard, 60, of Seneca Falls, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Frank P. Ger...
05/16/2013
Husband and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office May 15, 2013 Northern District of Florida (850) 942-8430   PENSACOLA, FL—Rudolf Straat, 49, and his wife Maria Gudelis, 45, both of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, were sentenced to two years in federal prison for conspiring to c...
05/16/2013
New Jersey Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Loan Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office May 16, 2013 Eastern District of Pennsylvania (215) 861-8200   PHILADELPHIA—Robert Coyle, Sr., 68, of Glassboro, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for a loan fraud scheme that attempted to ...
05/16/2013
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development                U.S. Census Bureau Office of Public Affairs                                                          Manufacturing and Construction Division   HUD AND CENSUS BUREAU ANNOUNCE NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN APRIL               WAS...
05/16/2013
Former Construction Company Owner Indicted in Nevada for Income Tax Evasion U.S. Department of Justice May 14, 2013 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888   WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in Nevada today returned an indictment against a former construction company owner for ...
05/16/2013
Meriden Man Admits to Participating in Two Mortgage Fraud Schemes U.S. Attorney’s Office May 14, 2013 District of New Jersey (973) 645-2888   NEW HAVEN, CT—A Meriden, Connecticut man today admitted his role in an extensive mortgage fraud scheme related to the purchases of numerous homes in New H...
05/16/2013
Upstate Attorney Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements in Real Estate Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office May 15, 2013 District of South Carolina (803) 929-3000   COLUMBIA, SC—United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Scott C. Allmon, age 38, of Easley, South Carolina, pled guilty today...
05/16/2013
Bergen County Woman Indicted in $2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office May 15, 2013 District of New Jersey (973) 645-2888   NEWARK, NJ—A Bergen County, New Jersey woman was indicted today for her role in a long-running, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that caused millions of d...
05/16/2013
Two Tennessee Men Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Violate Civil Rights of African-American Residents U.S. Department of Justice May 14, 2013 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888   WASHINGTON—Two Spring Hill, Tennessee men pleaded guilty in federal court today for their involv...
05/15/2013
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