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Mortgage Fraud Archives Week Ending April 01, 2011
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Apr. 1, 2011
U.S. Attorneys in NV Ranks 2nd in Fraud Prosecutions
Federal prosecutors in Nevada -- home to a record number of foreclosures and plummeting home prices -- rank second in the nation for attacking mortgage fraud.
read story at MortgageDaily.com
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Mar. 31, 2011
PA Real Estate Agent Indicted
A former York County woman who worked as a licensed real estate agent in Pennsylvania faces charges that she defrauded 14 mortgage lenders, 35 homeowners and five investors in Cumberland, Dauphin, York and Adams counties.
read story at MortgageDaily.com
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Mar. 31, 2011
Country Club CEO Used Fraud to Improve Standing
The chairman and CEO of the North Augusta Golf and Country Club pleaded guilty to federal charges Wednesday that he perpetrated a scheme to fund his purchase of the golf club.
read story at MortgageDaily.com
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Mar. 31, 2011
NC Lawyer Indicted Over FHA Loans
A former Cumberland County lawyer linked to an alleged mortgage fraud scam was charged Tuesday, two weeks before a codefendant is scheduled to stand trial.
read story at MortgageDaily.com
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Mar. 30, 2011
$20 Billion in Fraud During 2010
An analysis of government data released Tuesday suggests that more than $20 billion in mortgage fraud was reported last year. While banks and credit unions filed more reports of mortgage fraud in the fourth quarter, more than two thirds of that fraud happened at least three years ago. The activity represents a strong contrast to the fourth-quarter 2009, when half as many occurrences were that old.
read story at MortgageDaily.com (subscription required)
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Mar. 28, 2011
City Leader Pleads Guilty
A longtime member of the White Bear Township board pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and money laundering today.
read story at MortgageDaily.com
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Mar. 28, 2011
CoreLogic Announces Best-in-Class Data Enhancements to ENCORE Report
SANTA ANNA, Calif.-- (March 28, 2011) -- CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today announced that CoreLogic Credco, the nation's number one provider of merged credit reports, launched an all-new data-enhanced version of ENCORE.
read press release at Fraudblogger.com
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Apr. 1 |
Mark Steven Ashmore (4 total) |
WA |
$904,000 in restitution |
Ashmore sentenced. |
Justice.gov
Thenewstribune.com |
| Apr. 1 |
Gabriel R. Viramontes, James R. Martin, Mario Fellini III, Joseph S. Gallo |
CA |
19 loans; $8,000,000 |
Viramontes convicted; guilty pleas from others. |
Bizjournals.com |
| Apr. 1 |
Patricia Chmura |
NJ |
Charged with making and uttering false and altered documents |
Guilty plea. |
Justice.gov
Poconorecord.com |
| Apr. 1 |
Terrence J. Monahan Jr, Eric D. Duke, Bernard J. Kurlemann, Bryan Sanneman, Francisca Webster, Christopher Gagnon |
OH |
$6,700,000 |
Monahan sentenced to 18 months, $264,000 in restitution, and $5,000 fine. Others indicted. |
FBI.gov
Bizjournals.com |
| Mar. 31 |
Daniel Hagen, Jeffery St. Martin, Edreeysa Ashraf |
OH |
$3,100,000 |
Hagen indicted on 5 counts of mortgage fraud; Martin and Ashraf sentenced earlier. |
Cuyahogacounty.us
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| Mar. 31 |
Michael Anthony Baker, Monique Untae Stallworth, Sterling Wesley Harris, Koreem Dujuan Baker, Folami Dayo Baker |
TX |
$22,000,000 |
Indictments. |
Justice.gov
Ntxe-news.com |
| Mar. 30 |
Fred William Layman III |
GA |
$400,000 |
Guilty plea. |
Chronicle.agusta.com
Columbiacountyga.gov
Amerian Banking News video |
| Mar. 30 |
Hugo Oliva, Roberto Caro, Sergio Caro, Orlando Dominguez, Ilan Reyes, Manuel Caro |
FL |
$886,418.97 in restitution |
7-year sentence for Oliva. |
Miamiherald.com, Justice.gov |
| Mar. 30 |
Joanne M. Seeley |
PN |
$2,700,000 |
Indicted on 10 charges. |
FBI.gov |
| Mar. 29 |
David Joseph Pikul, Eric Omar Jones, Donald Jacob Schiller Sr., Joseph L. Flood III |
NC |
40 loans |
Pikul indicted; Jones pleading not guilty. |
Fayobserver.com |
| Mar. 29 |
Shane Rothery |
MS |
$907,837 |
Guilty plea. |
Clarionledger.com |
| Mar. 28 |
Richard A. Sand, Donald W. Krause, Brenda Epperly |
MN |
$2,000,000 |
Guilty pleas. |
Justice.gov |
| Mar. 28 |
Sadie Stanhope NG, Victor Ng, Richard Winefield, Michael Prieto, Walter Bressler III |
NH |
7 loans for a total of $1,480,000 |
Guilty plea to federal mail fraud from Stanhope. |
Nashuatelegraph.com
Nashuatelegraph.com |
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