Guilty Plea Entered in $3.2M Mortgage Fraud Scam Domingos Dias, 42, New Haven, Connecticut, formerly of Trumbull, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and seven counts of wire fraud. T
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02/15/2012
Escrow Company President Charged for False HUD-1 Michelle Austin-Wilks, 38, Parkland, Florida, was charged in a federal criminal complaint with wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, for her participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. If convicted, Austin-Wilks fac
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02/15/2012
Superseding Indictment Filed in Mortgage Fraud Case Henry J. Papale, 60, Southington, Connecticut, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in New Haven, Connecticut, on eight counts of wire fraud and four counts of money laundering stemming from an alleged mortgage fraud scheme involving fou
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02/15/2012
3 Mortgage Rescue Firms Sued for Fraudulent Practices Acceptance Financial Corporation, Northbrook, Illinois, and its president Anatoly Nirshberg, Elite Outsourcing Services, Inc., Midlothian, Illinois, and owner and operator Kenneth Thompson, Monee, Illinois, and International Embassy Realty Inc
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02/15/2012
Fraudster Sent to Prison for Falsifying VOE Forms Ronald J. O'Malley, 48, Upper Saddle River, N.J., former chairman and commissioner of the Bergen County Improvement Authority ("BCIA") and principal in a mortgage brokerage firm, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in connection with a mortgage f
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02/15/2012
Federal Prosecutors Target White-Collar Criminals in Middle Tennessee U.S. Attorney’s Office February 14, 2012 Middle District of Tennessee (615) 736-5151 Press Release, White-Collar Crime Nineteen people are facing federal charges as a result of an intense focus by the U.S. Attorney’s Offic
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02/15/2012
Mortgage Fraud Money Used to Fund Marijuana Grow Houses Roberto Caro, 41, Miami-Dade, Florida, has pled guilty to one count of money laundering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme and one count of conspiracy to manufacture and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. Caro also pled gu
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02/15/2012
Two Area Contractors Charged with Fraud Involving Minority and Women Set-Asides for Government Construction Contracts U.S. Attorney’s Office February 14, 2012 Northern District of Illinois (312) 353-5300 Fraud, Press Release CHICAGO—Two owners of area construction businesses are facing federa
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02/14/2012
States, Banks Reach Foreclosure-Abuse Settlement U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.Federal and state officials announced the deal Thursday. It is the biggest settlement invol
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