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Mortgage Fraud Blog - 10 new articles

In This Issue...

Preacher Sentenced for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
Developer Charged in Mortgage Scam
Attorney Sentenced for Participation as a Straw Buyer
Ringleader Gets a Decade Behind Bars for “Dream Home” Scam
Attorney Admits Stealing From Escrow Accounts
9 Former Argent Mortgage Company Account Managers, Supervisors and Underwriters Indicted
Farkas Gets 30 Years for $2.9B Fraud Scheme
Idaho Man Sued for Real Estate Ponzi Scheme
Man Sentenced for Defrauding Bank
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Preacher Sentenced for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Heyward Kelly McKnight, Jr., Augusta, Georgia, a minister, was sentenced in federal district court by United States District Judge J. Randal Hall to 15 months in prison for his role in causing a...

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Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions

Thomas Franciose, San Francisco, California; William Freeborn, Alamo, California; Robert Kramer, Oakland, California; Thomas Legault, Clayton, California; David Margen, Berkeley, California; Brian...

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Developer Charged in Mortgage Scam

Robert H. Odimegwu, 43, formerly of Dedham, Massachusetts, a developer, was charged in a superseding indictment in connection with a multi-year, multi-property mortgage fraud scheme in

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Attorney Sentenced for Participation as a Straw Buyer

Ronald Lee Wheeler, 69, Murray, Iowa, was sentenced to time served and immediately placed on five years of supervised release for providing false statements to a financial institution in 2006. United...

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Ringleader Gets a Decade Behind Bars for “Dream Home” Scam

Michael Anthony Hickson, 48, Commack, New York, former chief financial officer of Metro Dream Homes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus to 10 years in prison, followed by three years...

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Attorney Admits Stealing From Escrow Accounts

Franklin R.York, Pella, Iowa, a former attorney, pled guilty in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa, to one count of wire fraud.

According to the written plea agreement, York owned and operated

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9 Former Argent Mortgage Company Account Managers, Supervisors and Underwriters Indicted

A total of 13 defendants have been indicted in Ohio on mortgage fraud offenses involving nearly 13 million dollars in fraudulent loans, 9 of which worked for Argent Mortgage Company.

Denise (O'Brock)...

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Farkas Gets 30 Years for $2.9B Fraud Scheme

Lee Bentley Farkas, 58, Ocala, Florida, the former chairman and owner of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker (TBW), was sentenced to 30 years in prison and ordered to forfeit approximately $38.5 million for...

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Idaho Man Sued for Real Estate Ponzi Scheme

Louis C. Nardone III, doing business as Precision Marketing Group, has been sued for violations of the registration and fraud provisions of the Idaho Uniform Securities Act concerning a real estate...

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Man Sentenced for Defrauding Bank

Richard Wayne Hope, 53, Denham, Louisiana, formerly of Hagerstown, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised...

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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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