Joel D. Surprenant, age 43, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in the United States District Court in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Surprenant in his plea agreement admitted to submitting fraudulent information to receive a mortgage loan on a property in Hood River while working for Morgan Financial as a mortgage...

Eric W. Eliason also known as Ricky Masci, age 30, from Tamworth, New Hampshire was charged with mortgage fraud and other various counts according to a press release announced by Attorney General Michael Delaney. Attorney General Delaney was not alone in his announcement he was joined by Banking Commissioner...

New York State Senator Carl Kruger and United States Senator Charles E. Schumer along with Kings County New York District Attorney, Charles J. Hynes announced on February 4th  the indictment of twelve individuals in nine separate cases of mortgage fraud. The indictments stem from the new Mortgage Fraud...

Morton D. Bohn, a Tigard Certified Public Accountant has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering in regard to mortgages he obtained through Countrywide Financial Corporation. Mr. Bohn, age 69 in his plea agreement stated that he provided fraudulent individual tax returns to Countrywide Financial...

Last month ten Miami-Dade residents were indicted in a twenty four million dollar mortgage fraud scam. The federal indictment charges three of the individuals with scoping out potential properties then recruiting straw buyers to aid in the purchase and resale of the properties. The indictment charges...

Mohammad Esmail, age 33 of Conona, California was sentenced to federal prison on February 2nd for his involvement in the Yucca Valley Mortgage Fraud Case. Mr. Esmail received a sentence of six months in federal prison and twelve months of home confinement via electronic monitor and three years of supervised...

United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Beth Phillips announced that Quentin Henley, age 37, from Kansas City, Missouri has pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud and money laundering. Mr. Henley entered his guilty plea in federal court and stated his acts of participation in the conspiracy...

Olu Campbell, also known as Oluseun Oshosanya from Laurel, Maryland pleaded guilty on February 2nd to mortgage fraud. Federal Investigators say that Mr. Campbell, age 29 was a loan officer and a building contractor. Mr. Campbell had the experience of the mortgage industry to pull off his scheme of fraud. Mr....

Judy Yeung, also known as Miu Wan Yeung, was convicted on January 28th by a federal jury in San Francisco, California for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of witness tampering. Ms. Yeung, age 58, a San Francisco real estate investor and self proclaimed “Honorable...