Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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Mortgage Fraud Blog - 10 new articles

In This Issue...

Real Estate Agent Admits Cash Back Scheme
Increase in Suspicious Activity Reports Involving Mortgage Fraud Attributable to Repurchase Demands
Grand Jury Indicts 5 in $9M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Four Charged in Major Mortgage Fraud Case
Attorney Pleads Guilty to Straw Buyer Scam
Mortgage Fraud Charges Filed Against Owner of Nevada Accounting Firm
Former TBW CEO Sentenced to 40 Months
Real Estate Investor Admits $50M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Real Estate Attorney Sentenced to Prison
Builder Admits Inflating Purchase Prices
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Real Estate Agent Admits Cash Back Scheme

Joseph Bowen Brown, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a mortgage fraud scheme based in Phoenix, Arizona. Five others have entered guilty pleas in the same scheme...

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Increase in Suspicious Activity Reports Involving Mortgage Fraud Attributable to Repurchase Demands

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in its First Quarter 2011 Mortgage Loan Fraud (MLF) analysis, reported that the number of MLF suspicious activity reports (SARs) rose to 25,485 up...

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Grand Jury Indicts 5 in $9M Mortgage Fraud Scheme

A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment this week charging five individuals relating to their operation of a mortgage fraud conspiracy in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (DFW) area.

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Four Charged in Major Mortgage Fraud Case

James and Wendy Ober, Hudson, Wisconsin, Raul Burgos Pliego, Farmington, Minnesota, and Alejandro (Alex) Sanchez aka Silverio Alejandro Sanchez Cruz, Bloomington, Minnesota, were charged with...

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Attorney Pleads Guilty to Straw Buyer Scam

Stephen M. Gunther, 40, Hertford, North Carolina, pled guilty in Norfolk, Virigina, federal court to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud commercial mortgage lenders.

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Mortgage Fraud Charges Filed Against Owner of Nevada Accounting Firm

Cedric Nelson, 51, Las Vegas, Nevada, who owns and operates an accounting company, was arrested on mortgage fraud charges and is scheduled to appear in federal court for an arraignment.

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Former TBW CEO Sentenced to 40 Months

Paul Allen, 55, Oakton, Virginia, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW) was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud...

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Real Estate Investor Admits $50M Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Brett Matheson, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme based in Phoenix, Arizona. Two others have also entered guilty pleas and...

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Real Estate Attorney Sentenced to Prison

Alexander Kaplan, 36, Brooklyn, New York, formerly a Brooklyn-based real estate lawyer and the owner of a title insurance company, was sentenced on Friday, June 17, 2011, in Manhattan federal court...

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Builder Admits Inflating Purchase Prices

Yunus Mandli a/k/a Jonah Mandli, 63, Rockwall, Texas, a Dallas/Fort Worth homebuilder, pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas. The defendant pleaded guilty to...

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Rachel Dollar represents lenders in mortgage related litigation. She is a shareholder at Smith Dollar PC. Ms. Dollar is a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of mortgage fraud, is licensed to practice law in California and maintains offices in Santa Rosa, California.

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