real estate fraud: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 14 Defendants in $58 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Long Island Mortgage Broker First Class Equities Defendants Took Part in Fraudulent Deals Involving Over 100 Mortgages; Five Attorneys Charged
- 08/04/11 09:34 AM
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 14 Defendants in $58 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Long Island Mortgage Broker First Class Equities Defendants Took Part in Fraudulent Deals Involving Over 100 Mortgages; Five Loan Officers and Five Attorneys Among Those Charged GERARD CANINO, IAN KATZ, OMAR GUZMAN, HENRY RICHARDS, ROBERT THORNTON, NEAL SULTZER, MICHAEL RAPHAN, MICHAEL SCHLUSSEL, JACQUELYN TODARO, KEVIN HYMOWITZ, MICHAEL CHARLES, RALPH DELGIORNO, and PANDORA BACON were arrested this morning. The defendants will be presented later today in Manhattan federal court before United States District Judge ROBERT P. PATTERSON, to whom the case has been assigned. JAMES VIGNOLA remains … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Arkansas Attorney Pleads Guilty to $47 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
- 08/04/11 08:15 AM
Arkansas Attorney Pleads Guilty to $47 Million Bank Fraud Scheme LITTLE ROCK, AR—Kevin Harold Lewis, of Little Rock, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud, announced Christopher R. Thyer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Valerie Parlave, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the FBI.
According to court documents, until around October 2010, Lewis, 43, a licensed attorney in the state of Arkansas, operated several businesses throughout the state in addition to running his law practice. Lewis primarily concentrated on developing property owners’ improvement districts and issuing special … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Two Loan Officers and One Title Agent Charged in $2.5 Million Reverse Mortgage and Loan Modification Scheme Plead Guilty
- 08/04/11 08:12 AM
Two Loan Officers and One Title Agent Charged in $2.5 Million Reverse Mortgage and Loan Modification Scheme Plead Guilty in Miami MIAMI—Louis Gendason of Delray Beach, Fla.; Kimberly Mackey of Pittsburgh; and John Incandela, of Palm Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their participation in a $2.5 million home equity conversion mortgage, or reverse mortgage, fraud scheme.
The guilty pleas were announced today by Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice; Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Arkansas Attorney Pleads Guilty to $47 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
- 08/03/11 02:34 PM
Arkansas Attorney Pleads Guilty to $47 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Arkansas LITTLE ROCK, AR—Kevin Harold Lewis, of Little Rock, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud, announced Christopher R. Thyer, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Valerie Parlave, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the FBI.
According to court documents, until around October 2010, Lewis, 43, a licensed attorney in the state of Arkansas, operated several businesses throughout the state in addition to running his law practice.
Lewis primarily concentrated on developing property … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Man Admits Attempting to Bribe Bank Employee to Secure Short Sale Approvals
- 08/03/11 09:29 AM
Man Admits Attempting to Bribe Bank Employee to Secure Short Sale Approvals Richard Pilewicz,54, Scottsdale, Arizona, an unlicensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges for offering to pay thousands of dollars to an individual he believed was a Bank of America employee in exchange for shortened approval times and lower appraisal values in short-sale transactions. The defendant appeared in United States District Court and pleaded guilty to one count of bribery.
According to court documents, Pilewicz contacted a Bank of America employee earlier this year in an attempt to obtain his personal e-mail address so Pilewicz could discuss … (2 comments)
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real estate fraud: 4 Indicted for Credit Repair Fraud
- 08/03/11 09:27 AM
4 Indicted for Credit Repair Fraud Edwin Jacquet, 38, Brooklyn, New York; Peter Romeo, 35, Brooklyn, New York; Edwin J. Mansour, Jr., 43, Staten Island, New York; and Denise Hudson, 47, Roosevelt, New York, have been indicted and charged in connection with a fraudulent credit repair scheme. As part of the scheme, the defendants falsely reported to credit bureaus inflated credit histories for thousands of individuals, enabling those individuals to get millions of dollars in loans from financial institutions and other lenders. According to the Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:
Consumer Reporting Agencies, commonly known as "credit bureaus," are businesses … (5 comments)
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real estate fraud: Another Admits Role in $40.8M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- 08/03/11 09:23 AM
Another Admits Role in $40.8M Mortgage Fraud Scheme John Siuszko, 55, Wharton, N.J., a second man admitted to his role in a $40.8 million mortgage fraud conspiracy, serving as a straw buyer to cause a lender to release almost $980,000 based on a fraudulent mortgage loan application. Siuszko pleaded guilty to an information charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas in Camden, New Jersey federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court.
Siuszko served as a straw buyer for his co-conspirators in order to … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Title Company Owner Admits Diverting Escrow Funds
- 08/03/11 09:20 AM
Title Company Owner Admits Diverting Escrow Funds Michael A. Gmeinwieser, 38, Crofton, Maryland, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme to divert over $3 million in settlement funds intended to pay off the previous mortgage on the properties to himself and his company. According to Gmeinwieser’s plea, he was the sole owner of Innovative Title LLC, Odenton, Maryland, and was responsible for preparing settlement statements, issuing title insurance, disbursing mortgage proceeds and other funds, and ensuring that relevant paperwork was properly completed for real estate closings. Gmeinwieser arranged real estate purchase or refinancing transactions that entailed temporarily depositing funds … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Mortgage Rescue Business Owner Arrested
- 08/03/11 09:18 AM
Mortgage Rescue Business Owner Arrested Howard R. Shmuckler,67, Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been charged by a federal grand jury of running a fraudulent mortgage rescue business that received substantial fees but, in most cases, failed to modify clients’ mortgages. Shmuckler was arrested at his residence in Virginia Beach and will be arraigned before United States District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee on Aug. 11, 2011. He is charged with seven counts of wire fraud, which each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
According to the indictment, Shmuckler owned and operated a mortgage rescue business known as The Shmuckler Group … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Case Settled Involving Illegal Transfer of Church Property
- 08/03/11 09:14 AM
Case Settled Involving Illegal Transfer of Property Willie E. McKay, who posed as the pastor of Macedonia Pentecostaland transferred title to the property to another church he founded, and then mortgaged the property, has settled the 2008 lawsuit against him. of a lawsuit that restores the title and property rights of a church property to its rightful owners, the Macedonia Pentecostal Church in Hamden.
McKay is the grandson of Henry McKay, who founded Macedonia Pentecostal Church in 1963 and who deeded the property at 184 Butler Street to the church in 1965. Macedonia Pentecostal has been in possession of the … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Man Charged With Fraud for Inflating Purchase Prices
- 08/03/11 09:10 AM
Man Charged for Inflating Purchase Prices Tony Huy Havens, 37, Modesto, California, has been indicted and charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud in a mortgage fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Havens was a promoter for “The Gift Program,” where real estate buyers and sellers would get together and establish a sales price on a property. They would then agree to set a fictitious sales price of approximately $100,000 to $150,000 above the negotiated fair market value price. The buyer would obtain a loan based on the much higher value, and the loan proceeds that exceeded … (3 comments)
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real estate fraud: Man Admits Condo Investment Scheme
- 08/03/11 09:07 AM
Man Admits Condo Investment Scheme Shawn Patrick Linn, 42, Edmond, Oklahoma, pled guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to a failed Edmond commercial and residential development called “The Falls." Earlier this year, Derek Christopher Swann, 38, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Giovanni Bryan Stinson, 38, Edmond, Oklahoma, and Mark A. VanHoose,32, Oklahoma City, also pled guilty to felony charges in connection with The Falls. According to the informations filed against Swann and Stinson, those two men decided in 2005 to try to build The Falls project in Edmond. The next year, Swann, Stinson and others at their direction began soliciting private investors for money to … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Loan Officer Admits Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- 08/03/11 09:03 AM
Loan Officer Admits Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Javier Siveroni, 48, Springfield, Virginia, pleaded guilty to using his position as a loan officer to help carry out a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 15 homes in Northern Virginia. Siveroni pleaded guilty to one count of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Siveroni faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 4, 2011.
According to court documents, Siveroni, a former loan officer at the Falls Church branch of SunTrust Mortgage, prepared and submitted false, fraudulent, and misleading … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Woman Pleads Guilty to Several Fraud Schemes
- 08/03/11 08:59 AM
Woman Pleads Guilty to Several Fraud Schemes Chamethele McKinney, 36, Troy, Illinois, pled guilty to her role in a conspiracy to defraud the government and evade the payment of federal income taxes, along with mortgage fraud and food stamp fraud.
McKinney, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 24, 2011, pled guilty to setting up nominee bank accounts and providing false information on mortgage documents to shelter her husband’s business income from a $952,706 IRS tax lien. The indictment alleged that Chamethele McKinney participated in opening third-party bank accounts that were used to divert assets from McKinney Hauling to … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Former Real Estate Attorney Convicted in Jury Trial
- 08/01/11 07:10 PM
Former Real Estate Attorney for Dick’s Sporting Goods Convicted in Jury Trial
After a Three-Week Trial, a Jury in Utica, New York Convicted Benjamin J. Viloski of Involvement in an Illegal Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme and Making False Statements to Investigators U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of New York UTICA, NY—Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, along with Clifford C. Holly, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albany Division, and Charles R. Pine, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, New York Field Office, announced that on Friday, … (4 comments)
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real estate fraud: Former Sun Trust Loan Officer Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- 08/01/11 07:05 PM
Springfield Loan Officer Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia ALEXANDRIA, VA—Javier Siveroni, 48, of Springfield, Va., pleaded guilty today to using his position as a loan officer to help carry out a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 15 homes in Northern Virginia.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement after the plea was accepted by United States District Judge Liam O’Grady.
Siveroni pleaded guilty to one count of an … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Troy Woman Pleads Guilty to Multiple Fraud Offenses
- 08/01/11 06:59 PM
Troy Woman Pleads Guilty to Multiple Fraud Offenses
U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Illinois
A Troy, Illinois woman pled guilty in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis on June 29, 2011, for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the government and evade the payment of federal income taxes, along with food stamp fraud and mortgage fraud, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
Chamethele McKinney, 36, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 24, 2011, pled guilty to setting up nominee bank accounts and providing … (0 comments)
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real estate fraud: Are You Thinking About Filing A Fraudulent Insurance Claim ? Here's a message for you !
- 07/29/11 11:06 AM
Twenty Convicted This Week for Defrauding Aflac
U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas McALLEN, TX—A total of 20 South Texas residents indicted for their roles in a scheme to defraud the American Family Life Assurance Company (Aflac) of millions of dollars by filing thousands of false injury claims under Aflac’s accident-only insurance plan have been convicted this week, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.
A total of 36 persons were charged in mid-June 2011 in a number of indictments for their roles in a scheme designed to defraud Aflac of millions of dollars by filing false … (4 comments)
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real estate fraud: Modesto Man Indicted for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
- 07/29/11 09:00 AM
Modesto Man Indicted for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of California FRESNO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today charging Tony Huy Havens, 37, of Modesto, with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud in a mortgage fraud scheme.
This case is the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Mark J. McKeon is prosecuting the case.
According to the indictment, Havens was a promoter for “The Gift Program,” where real estate … (3 comments)
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real estate fraud: Bankruptcy Trustee and State Court Receiver Sentenced in $16 Million Wire Fraud Conspiracy
- 07/28/11 11:47 AM
Bankruptcy Trustee and State Court Receiver Sentenced in $16 Million Wire Fraud Conspiracy
U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Donald F. Walton, United States Trustee for Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (Region 21) announced today’s sentencing of defendant Marika Tolz, 65, of Hollywood, Florida, on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349. U.S. District Court Judge Jose … (1 comments)
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 14 Defendants in $58 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Long Island Mortgage Broker First Class Equities Defendants Took Part in Fraudulent Deals Involving Over 100 Mortgages; Five Loan Officers and Five Attorneys Among Those Charged GERARD CANINO, IAN KATZ, OMAR GUZMAN, HENRY RICHARDS, ROBERT THORNTON, NEAL SULTZER, MICHAEL RAPHAN, MICHAEL SCHLUSSEL, JACQUELYN TODARO, KEVIN HYMOWITZ, MICHAEL CHARLES, RALPH DELGIORNO, and PANDORA BACON were arrested this morning. The defendants will be presented later today in Manhattan federal court before United States District Judge ROBERT P. PATTERSON, to whom the case has been assigned. JAMES VIGNOLA remains … (0 comments)
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