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Jan. 22, 2010
Mortgage Fraud Growth Slows
New government data indicate that mortgage fraud activity is beginning to ease.
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Jan. 14, 2010
US AG Testifies About Mortgage Fraud
United States Attorney General Eric Holder testified about mortgage fraud warnings in 2004.
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Jan. 11, 2010
Wisconsin Looking to Convicts from Mortgage Industry
Wisconsin's legislature is preparing a bill that would prohibit anyone with a felony convictions from obtaining a mortgage license.
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Jan. 8, 2010
DOJ-Led Effort Includes Mortgage Fraud Targeting
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force that will prevent, prosecute and punish financial fraud -- including mortgage fraud.
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Jan. 7, 2010
Fidelity Denies Claims it Hid Mortgage Fraud Litigation
Fidelity National Financial Inc. "emphatically refutes" claims made in a New York Times story that it hid mortgage fraud litigation from its investors.
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Jan. 6, 2010
ID Verify Plus Uses 3 Sources to Combat Mortgage Fraud
ID Verify Plus was unveiled by Informative Research, which claims the service combines data verification from three sources -- including the Social Security Administration, the Office of Foreign Asset Control and credit repository databases
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Jan. 5, 2010
Mortgage Fraud Tops Times-Gazette Poll
A mortgage fraud story was picked by Times-Gazette readers as the top Shelbyville, Tenn., story of 2009.
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount |
Overview |
News
Publication |
| Jan. 29 |
Lila Marie Rizk |
CA |
$40,000,000 |
Conviction. |
KPCC Wire Services |
| Jan. 29 |
Eric Duke, Terrence Monaham Jr., Bernard Kurlemann, Bryan Sannerman |
OH |
4 multimillion dollar homes |
Indictments. |
WCPO.com
Cincinnati.com
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| Jan. 28 |
Michael Anthony Prieskorn, Richard Laho, Mathew Laho |
MN |
$5,000,000 |
Defendant made bail. |
Pioneer Press |
| Jan. 28 |
Susan E. Newell, Edward L. Boler, Demetrius Winston, Brian White |
MN |
$2,800,000 |
Conviction. |
Star-Tribune |
| Jan. 28 |
Debbie Sferrazza, Salvatore Sferrazza, Keiron Ashurst, Whitney Bonapfel, James Ashurst, Heather Ashurst, Tabatha Sturgill |
OH |
bilked customers out of $3 million |
Not guilty plea. |
Journal-News.com |
| Jan. 28 |
Michael Hershkowitz |
NY |
$27,000,000 |
4-year sentence. |
CourthouseNews.com |
| Jan. 28 |
Ron Brown |
KS |
restitution of $3.1 million |
15-year sentence. |
Insurance Journal |
| Jan. 28 |
Jeffrey Ryan Ayers, Allison Ann Dupree |
FL |
$13,000,000 |
Arrests. |
TBO.com |
| Jan. 28 |
Monica Cardona |
NJ |
$495,000 |
Guilty plea. |
The Record |
| Jan. 28 |
Scott Steven Richardson, Thomas Sarantinos, Douglas Lynn Dean, Michael Spahn, Wayne Jones, Gary Luna, Jason Webb |
CO |
scheme |
Indictments. |
The Denver Post |
| Jan. 28 |
Donella Locke, Beverly Ross |
IN |
$23,500,000 |
71-month sentence. |
TheIndyChannel.com
Indianapolis Star
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| Jan. 27 |
Morton Daniel Bohn |
OR |
restitution of $288,171 |
CPA pleads guilty in case where Countrywide Financial Corp. |
FraudBlogger.com |
| Jan. 26 |
Michael Anthony Prieskorn, Mathew Laho |
MN and FL |
proceeds exceeded $5,000,000 |
Indictments. |
Pioneer Press
Pioneer Press
Finance-commerce.com
Star Tribune
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| Jan. 25 |
Kenneth O. McGee, Edward McGee, Robert Mitchell, Kamal J. Gregory, Julian M. Hickman, Jessica A. Zbacnik |
OH |
$7 million in loan proceeds |
Sentenced to probation. |
Centerville-Bellbrook Times
Examiner.com
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| Jan. 25 |
Megan Balod, Kevin Sluga, Leslie Sluga, Jerald Teixeira |
CA |
$5.4 million in purchases |
Guilty plea. |
www.turnto23.com |
| Jan. 24 |
Kelly Fields, Robert Danenberg, Joyce Davern, Alice Fields, Anthony Fields, Raymond Fields, Andrea Revak |
PA |
$5,000,000 |
Multiple sentencings. |
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW |
| Jan. 24 |
Jose I. Flores |
CT |
3 instances cited. |
Former tax preparer pleads guilty. |
Stamford Advocate
GreenwichTime.com
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| Jan. 24 |
Paula Philbrook |
NH |
$600,000 |
Former county prosecuter sentenced to probation. |
Associated Press |
| Jan. 23 |
Roger Campagnolo, David Lynch |
FL |
3 properties |
Guilty plea. |
news-press.com |
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