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Week Ending July 27, 2012
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Mortgage Fraud News
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Case Activity
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Dozens of Straw Buyers Involved in $15 Million Scheme
July 25 -- Eric Maratea, 27, a house painter from Philadelphia who earns approximately $250 a week, on June 20, 2007 purchased a condominium unit at 2401 Surf Avenue in North Wildwood for $617,000.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Realtor Stripped Equity, Defrauded Lenders
July 23 -- A former East Berlin, Pa.-area woman has been sentenced to serve nearly 20 years in federal prison for defrauding homeowners out of more than $2.4 million between 2006 and 2008.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Mortgage Fraud Case Involves Attempted Murder
July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday unsealed a 26-count indictment against a Bakersfield, Calif., family and their associates, accusing them of causing $5 million in lender losses in a years-long mortgage fraud scheme.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Jul 27 |
Teresa Rose, Mary Armstrong, William Fountain, Justin Mensen |
CA |
$5,000,000 in losses. |
Rose pled guilty. |
UTSanDiego.com |
| Jul 26 |
Clint Bryson Rogers, Shannon Kato, Ernest Babbini, Drew Hull |
AZ |
$2,500,000 in losses. |
Rogers sentenced to 5 years. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul 26 |
Carline M. Charles |
DC |
$4,000,000 |
Pled guilty. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul 25 |
Cynthia Darlene Strickland, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Barry Westergom |
FL |
$685,410 |
Strickland sentenced to 18 months. Lehman Brothers Bank a victim lender. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul 24 |
Steven Klebosits, Thomas Hyland, Joseph Natalizio, Diomede Cardone, Jason Strever, Joseph Abate, Yusef Allan |
IL |
$8,500,000 forfeiture saught. |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Jul 23 |
Daniel Layton, Patrick O'Connor, Tiffeney Dennis, Loren Segal (17 total) |
OH |
$7,000,000 |
Layton sentenced to 5 months. |
News-Herald.com |
| Jul 23 |
Jerrall Collier |
OH |
$486,500 |
Sentenced to 2 years. |
Cleveland.com |
| Jul 23 |
Donald Kohut Jr. |
NJ |
$115,000 |
Indicted. |
MyCentralJersey.com |
| Jul 23 |
Theidore Easter, Edward Tate |
MI |
$1,000,000 in losses. |
Pled guilty. |
Freep.com |
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