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4 Indicted in $158 mil Mfg Housing Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Aug 15 -- CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Burlington man faces federal charges of mortgage fraud and impeding a federal investigation and is now considered a fugitive, the U.S. Department of Justice says.
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Lending Executive Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud
Aug 15 -- The former manager of an Allentown, Pa., mortgage company was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for his role in a long-running mortgage fraud scheme.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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CT Mortgage Fraud Involved Family Members
Aug 14 -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A 62-year-old Southington man pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges in federal court on Tuesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's office.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Guilty Plea in $158 Million Mortgage Fraud Case
Aug 14 -- A longtime Charlotte, N.C., loan officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking part in a mortgage-fraud ring that rigged more than $158 million in home loans across the Carolinas, resulting in millions of losses to federal loan programs.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Prison for Former Chamber of Commerce Official in Hawaii
Aug 14 -- Former Filipino Chamber of Commerce President Stephen Elmer Callo will spend 15 consecutive weekends at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu for lying about his income on a loan application to get a $554,501 mortgage on a Makakilo home.
read story at Mortgage Daily
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Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
Aug 15 |
Hoda Samuel |
CA |
$5,500,000 in losses |
Sentenced to 10 years. |
Department of Justice |
Aug 14 |
Joel Tillett |
PA |
$979,562 in restitution |
Sentenced to 4 years. Washington Mutual Inc., Countrywide Home Loans, Mortgage IT, International Mortgage Corporation, and Security Atlantic Mortgage Company victim lenders. |
Department of Justice |
Aug 13 |
Joseph "Joey" Klakulak, Isaac "Ike" Vinson, Marina McCuen, Roger Dean Bailey |
NC |
Multiple properties |
Klakulak pleaded guilty. |
MortgageDaily.com |
Aug 13 |
Dennis Wayne Parris, Fabian Sparrow, Andrew B. McKeown, Isaac "Ike" A. Vinson, IV |
NC |
$158,000,000 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
Aug 13 |
Henry J. Papale |
CT |
At least $500,000 |
Pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
Aug 12 |
Stephen Elmer Callo |
HI |
$554,501 |
Sentenced to 30 days (15 consecutive weekends). |
MortgageDaily.com |
Aug 12 |
Ruben Oscar Palagonia |
CA |
Undisclosed |
Arraigned. |
MortgageFraudBlog.com |
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