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Week Ending February 1, 2012
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Case Activity
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Mortgage Fraud, Tax Scheme Lead to 9-Year Sentence
Jan. 31 -- CLEVELAND -- A former Youngstown man who promoted tax-and mortgage-fraud conspiracy schemes has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison and ordered to make $544,582 in restitution.
read full story at Mortgage Daily
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$3.6 Million Mortgage Fraud Case Lands Nightclub Owner in Prison
Jan. 31 -- The former owner of a popular Downtown nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced this morning to 2 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution for his involvement in a $3.6 million mortgage-fraud case.
read full story at Mortgage Daily
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Bad Appraisals Enable $100 Million in PA Mortgage Fraud
Jan. 30 -- A Pennsylvania mortgage broker has been convicted of originating more than $100 million in fraudulent mortgages by using inflated appraisals prepared by unlicensed appraisers.
read full story at Mortgage Daily (subscription required)
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5 Ordered to Pay $10 Million for Mortgage Fraud
Jan. 30 -- PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- More than five years after bilking victims out of their credit scores and banks out of millions of dollars, five men and women convicted of fraud have been ordered to pay the money back.
read full story at Mortgage Daily
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Former State Supreme Court Justice Admits to Mortgage Fraud
Jan. 30 -- Retired Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway pleaded guilty to felony bank fraud today and is expected to be sentenced May 28.
read full story at Mortgage Daily
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Mortgage Fraud Litigation
Jan. 29 -- Alleged victims of mortgage fraud, including mortgage lenders deceived into granting loan approvals and consumers who lost their homes, are using the civil courts to pursue reparations. The government, however, tends to use criminal courts to pursue defendants.
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Decade in Prison for Former Bank Executive
Jan. 29 -- A former Pierce Commercial Bank senior vice president was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for a mortgage-fraud scheme that brought down the Tacoma bank, marking the culmination of a major criminal investigation that won convictions of nine other former bank employees, officials said.
read full story at Mortgage Daily
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Potential Mortgage Fraud Rises in Some States, Falls in Others
Jan. 28 -- A comparison of quarters indicates that the possibility of mortgage fraud worsened. While there were plenty of markets that improved, deterioration in other markets offset the gains.
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Feb. 1 |
Safiyyah Tahir Battles |
OK |
$326,902 |
Sentenced to 30 months. Saxon Mortgage victim lender. |
Department of Justice |
| Feb. 1 |
Justin H. Knight |
CO |
Multiple properties |
Sentenced to 12 months home detention. |
Department of Justice |
| Feb. 1 |
Steven J. Mascarenas |
CO |
$1,776,152 in restitution |
Sentenced to 72 months. |
Department of Justice |
| Feb. 1 |
Kevin M. O'Connell, Kevin D. O'Connell |
NY |
$7,118,115 in restitution and forfeiture |
Each sentenced to 24 months. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 31 |
Paul Zaleski |
WI |
$14,000,000 |
Sentenced to 14 months. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 31 |
Filippos "Filip" Milios |
CT |
$10,000,000 |
Arrested. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 31 |
Waverly Media, LLC |
FL |
Undisclosed |
Warrant executed. |
BayNews9.com |
| Jan. 31 |
Fredric M. Diantonio, Louis V. Catarro, Kathryn W. Lockwood, Thomas E. Morello |
NJ |
$15,000,000 |
Indicted and arrested. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 31 |
Kevin D. Hightower |
OH |
$3,600,000 |
Sentenced to 30 months. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Jan. 30 |
Steven R. Hinz |
OH |
$544,582 in restitution |
Sentenced to 9 years prison. Wells Fargo a victim lender. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 29 |
Michael Howard Clott (aka Michael Howard) |
MA |
$2,800,000 |
Sentenced to 152 months. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 29 |
Avinie Maurice Bates, Jill Beth Newman Zuravel, Alan Jay Nathan, Meredith Lelann King, Joann V. Walter |
FL |
$12,000,000 in losses. |
Sentences: Bates 12 years, Zuravel 4 years, Nathan 3 years, King 30 months, Walter 20 months. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 29 |
Lewis Whoolery, Kenneth Cowden, Jeannette Gray, Kimberly Baldwin |
PA |
$100,000,000 |
Whoolery convicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 29 |
Diane M. Hathaway |
MI |
Undisclosed |
Pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 28 |
Kevin Hymes (aka Kevin Hymowitz) |
NY |
$66,000,000 |
Sentenced to 2 years. |
LoHud.com |
| Jan. 28 |
Sean Robbins, Marc Foley |
MA |
$449,000 |
Robbins sentenced to 10 months home confnement. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 28 |
Kevin M. Mahoney, Paul Hartfield, Brian D. Jaimes, John T. Bradfield |
KS |
$2,600,000 |
Mahoney sentenced to 15 months. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 28 |
Warren Ballentine |
IL |
$9,775,000 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 28 |
Shawn L. Portmann (8 total) |
WA |
$10,000,000 in losses. Pierce Commercial Bank victim lender. |
Sentenced to 10 years. |
Department of Justice |
| Jan. 28 |
Lisa Gerideau-Williams |
PA |
$3,700,000 fine possible |
Pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
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