By admin, on December 12th, 2009
Scam Involved Lawyers, Mortgage Brokers, and More Than $14.6 Million in Loans
PHILADELPHIA—A 15-count indictment was filed today against five defendants charged in a $14.6 million mortgage fraud scheme that resulted in at least 35 fraudulent mortgage loans, announced United States Attorney Michael L. Levy, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI Janice K. Fedarcyk, and Pennsylvania Secretary [...]
By admin, on November 21st, 2009
Joy Jackson Personally Responsible for Over $16 Million in Losses to Mortgage Lenders; Used Over $800,000 of Fraudulently Obtained Proceeds to Pay for Her Wedding
U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced the president of the Metropolitan Money Store, Joy Jackson, age 41, of Fort Washington, Maryland, today to 151 months in [...]
By admin, on November 8th, 2009
Department of Justice Press Release
TAMPA—United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton today announced the results of a nine-month-long Mortgage Fraud Surge investigation that has resulted in charges against more than 100 defendants and involves allegations concerning more than $400 million in loans procured by fraud and more than 700 properties. U.S. Attorney Albritton is [...]
By admin, on October 17th, 2009
Department of Justice Press Release
PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), RICHARD H. NEIMAN, the Superintendent of Banks for New York State, RENE FEBLES, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 20th, 2009
The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Benjamin Osmanson, 30, of California and Sarita, Texas, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering related to his scheme to defraud mortgage lenders by submitting false loan applications in the names of “investors.” Osmanson was [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 2nd, 2009
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By: Dennis Norman
Yesterday Beazer Homes USA reached a $50 million settlement with the United States over charges of mortgage and accounting fraud.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Charlotte issued a press release giving the details of the settlement as follows:
Beazer and its subsidiary, Beazer Mortgage Corporation, admitted to engaging in several fraudulent mortgage origination [...]
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