WASHINGTON – A real estate agent and a mortgage broker,both of Las Vegas,were found guilty today for their participation in a mortgage fraud scheme that netted nearly $2.5 million in fraudulent mortgage loans,announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden of the [...]
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 | A real estate investor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County,Calif.,Sharis A. Pozen,Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division,and Benjamin B. Wagner,U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California,announced. [...] 14 Individuals Charged in the Continuing Investigation SACRAMENTO,Calif. — The U.S. District Court in Sacramento today unsealed an indictment against four real estate investors and an auctioneer for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County,Calif.,Sharis A. Pozen,[...] WASHINGTON – Lisa Wright,46,and Cathy Saffer,52,of Pompano Beach,Fla.,were charged today with a conspiracy to defraud homeowners and banks in a foreclosure rescue scheme,announced the Department of Justice. Also charged was Barrington Coombs,57,a certified public accountant of Weston,Fla.,who participated in the scheme. A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment charging Wright and Saffer with one count of conspiracy,three counts of mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud. The grand jury charged Coombs with one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. [...] The Justice Department today announced a settlement of its lawsuit against the owners,developers,architect and civil engineers of Park Place Apartments,a 276-unit complex in Louisville,Ky.,resolving allegations that those involved in the design and construction of the complex discriminated against people with disabilities. Under the settlement,which must still be approved by a federal district judge in Louisville,the defendants will pay all costs related to making the apartment complex accessible to persons with disabilities and pay $275,000 to compensate 29 individuals who have been harmed by the inaccessible housing. [...] WASHINGTON – A New York developer and his companies were indicted today on federal charges that they conspired to illegally fill jurisdictional wetlands,announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney William Hochul for the Western District of New York. [...] WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced this week a settlement of its lawsuit alleging that Equity Homes Inc,PBR LLC,BBR LLC and Shane Hartung violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by failing to provide features that would make their multi-family housing developments in Sioux Falls accessible to people with disabilities as required by the Fair Housing Act. [...] WASHINGTON – Alexander Otis Matthews,a Virginia real estate businessman,was sentenced today to 10 years in prison in connection with mortgage and investment schemes to obtain more than $12 million in fraudulent loans. The sentencing was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,U.S. Attorney Neil H. [...] WASHINGTON – Harris County Commissioner Gerald R. Eversole and Houston-based real estate developer Michael D. Surface both pleaded guilty today in federal court in Houston to making false statements,announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,Special-Agent-In-Charge (SAC) Stephen L. Morris of the FBI’s Houston Field Office and SAC Rodney E. Clarke of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Houston Field Office. [...] WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced a $95,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the former manager of Park Towers Apartments in Waterloo,Iowa,sexually harassed female tenants at the complex. The lawsuit alleges that Michael Nieman,the former on-site manager of Park Towers,sexually harassed female tenants in [...] WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that New Orleans landlords Betty Bouchon,the Bouchon Limited Family Partnership and Sapphire Corp.,have agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging they unlawfully denied housing to African-American prospective renters at a 16-unit apartment building located in New Orleans. The settlement [...] SACRAMENTO,Calif. — A real estate investor pleaded guilty last Friday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County,Sharis A. Pozen,Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division,and Benjamin B. Wagner,[...] WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit against the city of Joliet,Ill.,alleging that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions,culminating in the taking through eminent domain a federally-subsidized affordable housing development,that would displace more [...] MIAMI – Louis Gendason of Delray Beach,Fla.; Kimberly Mackey of Pittsburgh;and John Incandela,of Palm Beach,Fla.,pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for their participation in a $2.5 million Home Equity Conversion Mortgage,or reverse mortgage,fraud scheme . [...] WASHINGTON – Alexander Otis Matthews,a Virginia real estate businessman pleaded guilty today to fraud charges in connection with mortgage and investment schemes to obtain more than $12 million in fraudulent loans. The guilty plea was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division,U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of [...] CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE INVESTORS AGREE TO PLEAD GUILTY TO BID RIGGING AT PUBLIC FORECLOSURE AUCTIONSDepartment of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON — Eight California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in two separate conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California,the Department of Justice announced. [...] WASHINGTON –The Department of Justice announced late this week that it has filed a lawsuit against the city of New Berlin,Wis.,alleging that the city violated the Fair Housing Act by repeatedly taking action to prevent the construction of an affordable housing development by a private developer,MSP Real Estate Inc. The complaint,[...] Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday,June 21,2011 WASHINGTON – The former chief executive officer (CEO) of Taylor,Bean &Whitaker (TBW) was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of TBW. [...] A real estate investor pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Sacramento,Calif.,to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County,Calif.,Christine Varney,Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division,and Benjamin B. Wagner,U.S. Attorney [...] The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Cincinnati landlord Henry E. Bailey alleging that Bailey sexually harassed female tenants at residential properties he has owned and managed in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. [...] The Justice Department today announced a $1.25 million agreement with Warren Properties Inc.,Warren Village (Mobile) Limited Partnership and Frank R. Warren to settle allegations that the defendants violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to grant a tenant’s requests for a reasonable accommodation. This settlement is the largest ever obtained by the department in [...] The Justice Department today announced that South Dakota property owner TK Properties L.L.C. and one of its principals,Scott Terveen,have agreed to pay $30,000 in monetary damages and civil penalties to settle a Fair Housing Act lawsuit against them. The lawsuit alleges that they discriminated against three families who lived at Lakeport Village Apartments,[...] The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against a Gulfport,Miss.,newspaper and a landlord and her agent for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children. The lawsuit,filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi,charges that Penny Pincher,a weekly want-ad newspaper distributed along [...] A former residential sales manager at a Florida property management company pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with housing repair contracts for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA),the Department of Justice announced this week. Benjamin K. Graves,formerly a residential sales manager at West Palm Beach,Fla.-based Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC,[...] | ||||
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