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Week Ending December 16, 2011
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Case Activity
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37 Months for Wife of Construction Firm's Owner
Dec. 15 -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- The wife of a former East St. Louis construction hauler was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme.
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Mortgage Broker Headed for Prison
Dec. 14 -- ST. LOUIS -- A St. Charles County mortgage broker who defrauded lenders of more than $200,000 on four north St. Louis properties was sentenced Monday in federal court here to 33 months in prison.
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California Claims #1 Mortgage Fraud Ranking
Dec. 14 -- DALLAS -- (Dec. 13, 2011) /PRNewswire/ Activity climbed on mortgage fraud cases being prosecuted in California, leaving the state with more fraud than any other. New York also saw acceleration, while Florida's mortgage fraud index topped the list and Minnesota remained prominently perched among the worst locales. But as a whole, the country's case activity was slower.
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Mortgage Fraud Inmate Requests Hotel Furlough
Dec. 13 -- A Harborcreek Township, Pa., man sentenced to prison for his role in a widespread local mortgage-fraud scheme wanted a temporary release from federal custody so he could spend holiday time with family at a luxury hotel in Pittsburgh.
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California Claims No. 1 Mortgage Fraud Ranking
Dec. 13 -- Activity climbed on cases being prosecuted in California for mortgage fraud, leaving the state with more mortgage fraud than any other. New York also saw acceleration, while Florida's mortgage fraud index topped the list and Minnesota remained prominently perched among the five-worst locales. But as a whole, the country's case activity was slower.
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Former County Official Being Sentenced
Dec. 12 -- ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Paul Lindemann was a rising star in the York County Republican Party until a series of legal troubles derailed his political career.
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$16 Million Mortgage Fraud Case Yields 11 Indictments
Dec. 12 -- A Sacramento man who was sentenced to two years in state prison for attempted extortion was among 11 people indicted this week in connection with one of the largest mortgage fraud cases to hit Sacramento.
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Woman Faces Fraud, Drug Charges
Dec. 12 -- A woman authorities are searching for in Georgia is scheduled for a calendar call in Whitfield County Superior Court for multiple drug possession and distribution charges and more than 80 counts of mortgage fraud and conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud, court documents show.
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Incarceration Can't Stop Defendant
Dec. 12 -- Facing foreclosure, a Turlock, Calif., homeowner two weeks ago signed over part interest in his property to a man who promised to save the family home.
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Dec. 16 |
Sarah Harris |
IL |
$66,000 restitution |
Sentenced to 1 day in jail (credit for time served) and 2 years supervised release. |
SunTimes.com |
| Dec. 16 |
Gary Bobel, Scott Thomas Spencer (a.k.a. Thomas Cole), Mark Andrew Spencer (a.k.a. Mark Andrews), Travis Iverson, Roger Trent Jones |
CA |
$11,000,000 |
Guilty pleas from Bobel, Thomas Spencer, Mark Spencer, and Iverson. Jones previously sentenced to 21 months prison. Sentencing scheduled for 3/9/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 16 |
Vicki Dillard Crowe (aka Vicki R. Dillard) |
CO |
Multiple properties |
Convicted. Sentencing scheduled for 3/19/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 16 |
Veldora Arthur, Neil Fagan, Pamela Johnson |
FL |
$2,500,000 |
Arthur sentenced to 57 months prison plus 3 years supervised release; Fagan previously sentenced to 90 months prison; Johnson previously sentenced to 57 months prison. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 16 |
Randolph Branham, Chris Cadenhead, Jackie T. Fair, Jane M. McDonald, Larry J. Malone |
FL |
Approximately $1,300,000 |
Branham convicted. Others previously pleaded guilty. Branham scheduled to be sentenced 3/15/12. Others to be sentenced 3/2/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 15 |
Dimples Robinson (aka Dimples Collins, Denise Robinson, D. Ebony Robinson and Shorty Robinson) |
MS |
$100,000 |
Sentenced to 10 years suspended custody plus 5 years supervised probation and $102,100 restitution. |
HindsCounty.com |
| Dec. 15 |
Hussein "Sam" Nazzal, Edward Schneider, Majed Tawbe, Mounif Zeaiter, Ross Carey, Eric Morton, Amneh Taube, Mike Murry |
MI |
Multiple properties |
Indictments. |
DetNews.com |
| Dec. 15 |
John Wicker Jr. |
MO |
1 property |
Guilty plea. |
KSDK.com |
| Dec. 15 |
Robert Fulton Rood IV, Nikolaos M. Hepler, Lloyd M. Mallory, Jr. |
VA |
Approximately 32 properties |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 15 |
Eve Mazzarella, Steve Grimm, Melissa Beecroft, Christina R. Thompson, Amy R. Ortiz, Jyothi Panikkar, Daicy Vargas, Benjamin Labee, Shauna Labee, Craig Christians, Robert Samora |
NV |
$107,000,000 with losses of $24,000,000 |
Mazzarella, Grimm, and Beecroft convicted. Others pleaded guilty before trial. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 14 |
Louise Lampo-Diglio |
CT |
Multiple properties |
Pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 14 |
Victoria L. Allen, Ephrain Harris, Shavonda York, Tamiko Alston, Darrell Booker |
VA |
At least $1,000,000. First Horizon Home Loan Corp. a victim lender. |
Allen pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 14 |
John M. Bales II, Paul J. Page, William E. Spencer |
IN |
Multiple properties |
Indicted. |
Fox59.com |
| Dec. 13 |
Belinda Cheri McKinney, Robert Todd McKinney, John Quinn McKinney, Chamethele McKinney |
IL |
Approx. $2,400,000 |
Belinda sentenced to 37 months prison plus 3 years supervised release and $952,705.52 restitution. Robert previously sentenced to 57 months prison; John previously sentenced to 57 months prison; Chamethele sentencing set for 12/21/11. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 13 |
Gary Snook |
CT |
Over $1,000,000 |
Sentenced to 24 months prison plus 3 years supervised release and restitution of $1.3 million. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 13 |
Lindsey Rae Loyear |
MN |
$2,500,000 - $7,000,000 |
Guilty plea. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 12 |
Walter Bressler |
NH |
$2,500,000 |
Sentencing postponed until 3/12/12. |
NashuaTelegraph.com |
| Dec. 12 |
Justin Zhu, Darnell Mason |
TX |
$2,000,000 |
Zhu sentenced to 5 years 3 months prison and $465,680 restitution. Mason awaits sentencing. |
MySanAntonio.com |
| Dec. 12 |
David Landman |
PA |
$1,900,000 |
Sentenced to 4 years prison. |
Post-Gazette.com |
| Dec. 12 |
Linda Sloan, Michael Sloan (Rich Bobka case) |
FL |
Multiple properties |
Guilty pleas. |
HeraldTribune.com |
| Dec. 12 |
Mickey Johnson |
MO |
$200,000 |
Sentenced to 33 months prison. |
MortgageDaily.com |
| Dec. 12 |
Jerry Smith |
NJ |
$3,000,000 |
Guilty plea. Sentencing set for 3/23/12. |
Department of Justice |
| Dec. 12 |
Michelle Vinas |
NY |
$24,000,000. M&T Bank a victim lender. |
Guilty plea. |
Department of Justice |
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