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Mortgage Fraud Blog Real Estate Fraud Report for May 21, 2014

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

In This Issue...

4 Charged with Recruiting Straw Buyers to Purchase Properties

Man Arrested for Running Foreclosure Rescue and Real Estate Ponzi Schemes

Jury Convicts Man of Illegally Receiving $3M Leading to Federal Credit Union Collapse

Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Investors

Reunion Mortgage to Pay $1M to Resolve Allegations of Defrauding FHA

Mortgage Fraud Conspirator Sentenced for Ripping Off Lender

Straw Buyer Recuiter Sent to Prison for Mortgage Fraud

Real Estate Developer Sentenced To Prison In Extortion Scheme

Leader of Illegal Flipping Scheme Indicted

Man Arrested In Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Investment Fraud Scheme

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4 Charged with Recruiting Straw Buyers to Purchase Properties

Karl Oreste, 56, Miramar, Florida, Marie Lucie Tondreau, a/k/a Lucie Tondreau, 54, North Miami, Florida, Okechukwu Josiah Odunna, a/k/a O.J. Odunna, 49, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, and Kelly...

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Man Arrested for Running Foreclosure Rescue and Real Estate Ponzi Schemes

Randy Poulson, 42, Woolwich Township, New Jersey, the owner and operator of Equity Capital Investments LLC, is charged with allegedly scamming distressed homeowners into giving him their houses and...

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Jury Convicts Man of Illegally Receiving $3M Leading to Federal Credit Union Collapse

 

Svetislav Vujovic, 41, Brunswick, Ohio, was convicted of 14 counts related to illegally receiving more than $3 million from the St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union in exchange for cash payments...

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Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Investors

Kelly Gearhart, 53, Wadsworth, Ohio, a real estate developer, pleaded guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges for bilking investors who put money into real estate projects.  Gearhart...

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Reunion Mortgage to Pay $1M to Resolve Allegations of Defrauding FHA

Reunion Mortgage, Inc. and its former co-owners, David Thayer, and R. Kent Harvey, have agreed to pay $1.04 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims to the Federal...

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Mortgage Fraud Conspirator Sentenced for Ripping Off Lender

Seamus P. Dillon, 37, Ada, Michigan, was sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud. ...

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Straw Buyer Recuiter Sent to Prison for Mortgage Fraud

Domingos Dias, 44, formerly of Trumbull, Connecticut, and currently residing in Easton, Connecticut, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by...

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Real Estate Developer Sentenced To Prison In Extortion Scheme

Daniel Ira Colton, 64, Annapolis, Maryland and Raleigh, North Carolina, was sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit extortion and to...

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Leader of Illegal Flipping Scheme Indicted

Stephen Mayer, 50, Miami Beach, Florida, has been indicted and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud affecting a financial institution.  Mayer allegedly bought at least 24...

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Man Arrested In Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Investment Fraud Scheme

Abbe Edelman, 50, Livingston, New Jersey, was arrested at his home by federal law enforcement officers on charges that he allegedly ran a real estate investment scheme that bilked victims out of $4...

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