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Mortgage Fraud Archives
Week Ending March 16, 2012
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Mortgage Fraud News
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Case Activity
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Mar. 16 |
John J. Borzellino (aka John J. Ross) |
CA |
$8,000,000 |
Sentenced to 60 months prison plus $4.1 million in restitution. |
FBI.gov |
| Mar. 16 |
George Gary O'Neal |
MD |
$1,000,000 - $2,500,000 |
Sentenced to 57 months prison plus 3 years supervised release and forfeiture of $1 million. Restitution hearing scheduled for 5/18/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 16 |
Aruna Kumari Chopra |
CA |
Undisclosed |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 16 |
Crystal Paling, Daniel Verdia, Jaye Miller, Sandra Mainardi, Donald Apolito, Robert Gorman |
NJ |
Multiple properties |
Paling convicted; Verdia, Miller, Apolito, and Gorman pleaded guilty. Mainardi previously sentenced to 46 months prison. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 15 |
Bobby Ginn |
FL |
Multiple properties |
Civil complaint filed. |
PRWeb |
| Mar. 15 |
Troy Fouquet |
LA |
$2,000,000 |
Pleaded guilty. Sentencing scheduled for 6/7/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 15 |
Richard Cartegena, Neil Ferrigno, Bohdan Horbacyzk, Stephen Hecklinger, Shawn Morrison |
FL |
At least $2,000,000 |
Cartegena pleaded guilty. Previous sentences include: Ferrigno to 8 months prison, Horbacyzk to 9 months prison, Hecklinger to 5 years probation, Morrison awaits sentencing on 3/27/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 14 |
John Wicker |
MO |
Undisclosed |
Sentenced to 24 months prison. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 14 |
Tina Crish |
OH |
$761,714 |
Judge approved early release; Crish will serve 5 years probation and pay restitution. |
LoanSafe.org |
| Mar. 14 |
Brian Eads |
IN |
$863,096 |
Sentenced to 30 months prison plus 3 years supervised release, drug treatment, and $863,096 restitution. Wells Fargo a victim lender. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Mar. 14 |
Nicole G. Hathaway |
VA |
$1,000,000 |
Sentenced to 33 months prison. Freedom Mortgage, Washington Mutual Bank, CitiMortgage, New South Federal Savings Bank, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac victim lenders. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 14 |
Barbara Lynnae Puro, Zack Zafer Dyab, Julia Alexander Rozhansky, Larry Africanus Hutchinson, Jerone Ian Mitchell, Ericvan Anthony McDavid |
MN |
$10,000,000 |
Puro pleaded guilty. Dyab, Alexander, Hutchinson, and Mitchell previously sentenced. McDavid awaits sentencing on 3/30/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 14 |
Kevin Scott Wiebe, Timothy Brooks, Adam Spruill |
VA |
$11,000,000 |
Guilty plea from Wiebe. Others previously pleaded guily. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 13 |
Philip Villasis, Ray D. Gata |
VA |
Over $170,000 |
Guilty plea from Villasis. Gata previously pleaded guily. |
Department of Justice |
| Mar. 12 |
Terry Tonsing Jr. |
MO |
$68,000 |
Sentenced to 1 year and 1 day prison plus 3 years supervised release and $68,000 in restitution. |
Mehlville-Oakville.Patch.com |
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