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Mortgage Fraud Archives
Week Ending July 6, 2012
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Mortgage Fraud News
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Case Activity
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Mortgage Fraud Among Issues Facing Justice Department in Golden State
July 5 -- Benjamin Wagner, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, was in The Bee newsroom Monday, taking part in a live chat with readers online.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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CA Developer Faces More Fraud Charges
July 2 -- In September, federal investigators will charge more individuals as part of an FBI investigation into Concord-based developer Seeno Homes and its affiliates, a federal prosecutor told a judge Thursday.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Man Admits Lying About Income for $2 Million Refinance
July 2 -- A Grand Rapids, Mich., man entered a guilty plea in federal court in Tallahassee Thursday to a charge that he defrauded Sun Trust Mortgage Inc., according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Title Agent Headed for Jail
July 2 -- The assistant manager of a Gambrills, Md., title agency convicted in a $4.9 million mortgage fraud scheme was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday, federal prosecutors said.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Jul 6 |
Menachem Yosef Levitin |
CT |
$10,000,000 |
Pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul 6 |
Wanpen Florentine |
MA |
Multiple properties |
Indicted. |
959Watd.com |
| Jul 5 |
Hendrix Montecastro, Helen Moreno Pedrino, James Duncan (7 total) |
CA |
$142,000,000 |
Trial begins for Montecastro and Pedrino. Other defendands pleaded guilty. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Jul 5 |
Ronnie Edward Duke, William Wells III, Wilinevah Richardson, Nicole Rothe, Anthony Peters, Donna Walbrook, Harold Larsen Jr., Hussein Abdul-Majid Bazzi |
MI |
$100,000,000 |
Duke pleaded guilty. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Jul 3 |
Scott Eric Perry |
AL |
$750,000 |
Sentenced to 18 months prison. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul. 2 |
Joann Smith, Wayne Betha |
NJ |
$1,000,000 |
Pled guilty. |
NJ Attorney General |
| Jul 2 |
Sheldon Harmon |
OR |
$3,825,000 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul 2 |
Jason Dade, Cheryl Ware, Tiffini Chism, Tamika Peters |
IL |
$9,100,000 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
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