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Mortgage Fraud Blog for June 18, 2014

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Mortgage Fraud Blog | Mortgages and fraud and the law, oh my! - 10 new articles

In This Issue...

Man Jailed for Using Stolen Identities and Credit Information to Defraud Lenders

Man Jailed for Using Falsified Tax Documents to Qualify for Mortgages

Man Admits Recruiting Straw Buyers to Fraudulently Obtain Mortgages

Real Estate Lawyer Cleared of Mortgage Fraud Charges

Man Sentenced for Stealing Real Estate Investment Funds

Ringleader Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Ripping Off Lenders

Former Bank Employee Sentenced for Creating More than 58 Fictitious Loans

Physician-Businessman Convicted of Mortgage Fraud

Loan Broker and Attorney Admit Ripping off Real Estate Investors

2 Indicted for Defrauding Potential Home Buyers

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Man Jailed for Using Stolen Identities and Credit Information to Defraud Lenders

Mokorya Cosmas Wambura, 41, Takoma Park, Maryland, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring...

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Man Jailed for Using Falsified Tax Documents to Qualify for Mortgages

David E. Robert, 42, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced on June 12, 2014, by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to six months in federal prison, a $1,000 fine, and two years of supervised release...

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Man Admits Recruiting Straw Buyers to Fraudulently Obtain Mortgages

Asm Afsary, 41, Stamford, Connecticut, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall to conspiring to defraud financial institutions through an...

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Real Estate Lawyer Cleared of Mortgage Fraud Charges

Ralph Pecorale, Long Island, New York, a real estate lawyer, has been cleared of mortgage fraud charges after a Brooklyn, New York, Supreme Court judge dismissed an 18-count indictment against him,...

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Man Sentenced for Stealing Real Estate Investment Funds

Marvin Solis, 30, Richmond, California, was sentenced on June 11, 2014, to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for a real estate investment fraud scheme he perpetrated against his...

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Ringleader Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Ripping Off Lenders

Rosa Fernandez, 38, Camarillo, California, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Kronstadt to 97 months in federal prison for her involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme. ...

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Former Bank Employee Sentenced for Creating More than 58 Fictitious Loans

Sondra Tredaway, 65, Mission, Texas, a former bank officer with Texas State Bank has been ordered to federal prison for defrauding her former employer to the tune of approximately $2.4 million. The...

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Physician-Businessman Convicted of Mortgage Fraud

Irfan M. Jameel, 51, Virginia Beach, Virginia, was convicted by a federal jury on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and use of a false Social Security number in connection with obtaining $5.375...

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Loan Broker and Attorney Admit Ripping off Real Estate Investors

Mervyn A. Phelan, Sr., 74, Newport Beach, California, and Gregory E. Grantham, 56, Oceanside, California, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and obstruction of justice for their roles in a real...

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2 Indicted for Defrauding Potential Home Buyers

Keith Anthony, 46, Elmont, New York, the former President and owner of a company that purported to provide financing for home purchases to people with poor credit, and a former employee of the...

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Comments(3)

Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
Florida Waterfront and Country Club Living

David, thank goodness, I haven't come across any of these individuals.  Thanks for sharing.

Jun 18, 2014 01:22 AM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Thank you, Silvia.

Jun 18, 2014 08:35 AM
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Jason


Lovely post David, always got to keep on top of fraudsters!

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Jun 25, 2014 10:43 PM
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