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Week Ending December 9, 2011
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Case Activity
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Dec. 9 |
Lisa Wright, Cathy Saffer, Barrington Coombs |
FL |
Multiple properties |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 9 |
Jennie Renee Morrow |
GA |
Multiple properties |
Failed to appear at hearing. Judge moved case to January calendar call. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Dec. 9 |
Joyce Lewis, Jason Lewis, Jamon Lewis, Paulette Gabbidon |
NY |
$1,000,000 |
Joyce Lewis convicted. Jamon Lewis previously sentenced to 24 months prison plus 3 years supervised release. Others await sentencing. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 9 |
Sergey Shchirskiy |
CA |
$16,000,000 |
Pleaded not guilty. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Dec. 8 |
Leo Desire, Sr. |
MA |
Multiple properties |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 8 |
Charles Murphy, John Farano, Robert Brunt, Tracey Scullark, Armani D'Aifallah, Walter Jackson, Douglas Blanchard |
IL |
$5,000,000 |
Murphy, Farano, Brunt, and Scullark convicted. D'Aifallah and Jackson await sentencing. Blanchard acquitted. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 8 |
John Stewart Morrison IV |
MD |
$431,377 |
Sentenced to 15 months prison plus 2 years supervised release and restitution of $240,740. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 8 |
Richard Woods, Alex Gambini, Benjamin Haughney |
PA |
$1,000,000 - $2,500,000 |
Woods sentenced to 20 months prison plus 3 years supervised release and restitution. Gambini previously sentenced to 57 months prison. Haughney previously sentenced to 2 years prison. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 8 |
Anthony Moya |
NM |
$176,788.99 |
Guilty plea. CitiFinancial victim lender. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 8 |
James Robert Sweet, Dwayne Benjamin (17 total) |
NY |
$20,000,000 |
Sweet sentenced to 4-12 years prison plus $1.2 million in restitution; Benjamin pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing on Dec. 15. |
Nassau County District Attorney |
| Dec. 7 |
Genaro R. Hathaway, Steven Kottage, Mary Ellen Durso |
CT |
$600,000. Wells Fargo and Freddie Mac victim lenders. |
Hathaway sentenced to 33 months prison plus 3 years supervised release. Kottage previously sentenced to 41 months prison; Durso previously sentenced to 3 years probation. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 7 |
Dianne R. Joaquin, Kenneth W. Joaquin, Ledale Lashette Coles, Robert Brooks, Cheryl Brooks, Richard Howard, George Autobee (22 total) |
TX |
$50,000,000 |
Indicted. |
MySanAntonio.com |
| Dec. 7 |
Phillip Rucker, Jerry Haymon, Sheila Chandler, Jacquelyn Drago-Hunter |
IL |
$200,000 |
Rucker convicted; Haymon and Chandler pleaded guilty; Drago-Hunter pleaded not guilty (working on plea agreement). |
SunTimes.com |
| Dec. 7 |
Clint Rogers, Angela Faith Rogers, Ernest Babbini, Drew Hull, Shannon Kato |
AZ |
$5,500,000 |
Babbini, Hull, and Kato pleaded guilty. Clint and Angela Rogers await trial on 2/14/12. |
AZCentral.com |
| Dec. 7 |
Daniel P. Ostby, Curt Vanderzee |
NC |
$3,700,000 |
Guilty pleas. |
StarNewsOnline.com |
| Dec. 7 |
Deborah L. Kistner, Mark A. Kistner, Philip H. Ennis, Jaime L. Smith |
OH |
$7,092,300 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 6 |
Richard Winefield, Walter Bressler |
NH |
$2,500,000 |
Winefield sentenced to 3 years probation, 6 months home detention and $407,500 in restitution. Bressler's sentencing postponed. |
NashuaTelegraph.com |
| Dec. 6 |
Cedric Lipsey, Philip A. Martinez, David Vukovinsky |
CO |
$4,000,000 |
Sentences: Lipsey sentenced to 63 months prison plus restitution; Martinez sentenced to 50 months prison plus restitution; Vukovinsky sentenced to 12 months and 1 day prison plus restitution. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 6 |
Jeffrey Berghorn |
FL |
$1,470,000 |
Berghorn filed motion asking government to file a "Bill of Particulars." |
HeraldTribune.com |
| Dec. 6 |
Kevin P. Wheatley, Geoffrey Goldman, Jonathan Goldman, Jessica Peryea, Jordan Laccetti |
NY |
Multi-million dollar scheme |
Sentences: Wheatley sentenced to 42 months prison plus $5 million restitution; Geoffrey Goldman sentenced to 4-12 years prison plus $5.6 million restitution; Jonathan Goldman sentenced to 16-48 months prison plus $3.5 million restitution; Peryea sentenced to 1-3 years prison plus $3 million restitution; Laccetti sentenced to 1 year jail plus $908,000 restitution. |
New York Attorney General |
| Dec. 5 |
Ronald J. O'Malley, Laura-Jean Arvelo |
NJ |
Multiple properties |
Sentencing rescheduled for Dec. 21. |
NorthJersey.com |
| Dec. 5 |
Carrie Coakley |
NY |
$82,000,000 |
Sentenced to 840 hours of community service and 5 years probation. |
Newsday.com |
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