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Mortgage Fraud Archives
Week Ending December 23, 2011
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Mortgage Fraud News
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Case Activity
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Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
Dec. 22 |
Tony Viola |
OH |
Multiple properties |
Appeal for new trial denied. Sentencing set for 12/29/11. |
Cleveland.com |
Dec. 22 |
Derwin Frazier, Veronica Frazier, Felton Greer, Brenda East, Duane Wardell |
TX |
Multiple properties |
Guilty pleas from Derwin, Veronica, and Felton Greer. East and Wardell previously pleaded guilty. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 21 |
Uri Gofman, Anthony Capuozzo, The Real Asset Fund, Clear Choice Realty, Karka, Inc. |
OH |
$44,000,000 |
Uri Gofman pleaded guilty; will be sentenced to 8.25 years prison on 2/1/12. Capuozzo sentenced to 1 year prison beginning on 1/10/12. The Real Asset Fund, Clear Choice Realty, and Karka, Inc. (all owned by Gofman) pleaded guilty. |
Cuyahoga County |
Dec. 21 |
Michael Ferrazza |
PA |
Multiple properties |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 21 |
David F. Baker III, Beth B. Baker |
PA |
$2,500,000 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 21 |
Chamethele McKinney, John Quinn McKinney, Robert Todd McKinney, Belinda Cheri McKinney |
IL |
Approx. $2,400,000 |
Chamethele sentenced to 37 months prison plus 5 years supervised release and restitution of $267,678.47 to Deutsche Bank. Others previously sentenced. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 20 |
Welton Kalani, Stephen Balino |
HI |
Multiple properties |
Convicted. Sentencing set for 4/26/12. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
Miguel Valerio, Juan Carlos Hernandez, James D. Levitt |
RI |
$3,500,000 |
Guilty plea from Valerio. Hernandez previously pleaded guilty. Levitt awaits trial. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
Gerald Wayne Snow Sr. |
OK |
Approximately $4,800,000 |
Sentence decision upheld (40-month sentence, 36-month supervised release). |
Baledger.com |
Dec. 19 |
Mary Pat Harper, Darryl Hanneken, Robert Herdrich, Mary Lee Reinking, Natalie Long, Paul Bieber, Marc Engelmann |
IA |
$3,700,000 |
Sentences: Harper sentenced to 24 months prison plus 3 years supervised release and $185,294 restitution; Hanneken and Herdrich each previously sentenced to 40 months prison; Reinking, Long, and Bieber each previously sentenced to probation; Engelmann awaits sentencing . |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
Charles H. Evans, Jr., Jon Christopher Evans |
MS |
$80,000,000 |
Sentences: Charles Evans sentenced to 20 years prison; Jon Evans sentenced to 14 years prison. Both defendents to forfeit a total of $18,594,221.58. Restitution tbd. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
Henry Oliver Ford (a.k.a. Cleothus Lefty Jackson), Vincent James Vendittelli, Jason Mark Chrzanowski |
AZ |
Multiple properties |
Sentences: Ford sentenced to 30 months prison; Vendittelli sentenced to 27 months prison; Chrzanowski sentenced to 27 months prison. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
John Incandela, Louis Gendason, Marcos Echevarria, Kimberly Mackey |
FL |
$2,500,000 |
Incandela sentenced to 41 months prison plus 3 years supervised release and $1.9 million restitution. Gendason scheduled to be sentenced on 1/20/12. Echevarria and Mackey previously sentenced. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
Nadin Samnang |
VA |
$7,000,000 |
Indicted. |
Department of Justice |
Dec. 19 |
John Hoose, Scott Hoose |
MI |
Multiple properties |
John sentenced to 18 months prison plus $1 million restitution; Scott sentenced to 12 months prison and $570,000 restutution. |
WHMI.com |
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