Illinois Mortgage Law
<H2> <center> Ramona Milan v. Selene Finance, L.P. </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois, consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory. Ramona Milam is an Illinois homeowner who took out a mortgage loan. Selene Finance acts as the loan servicer, collecting her mortgage payments on behalf of the lender. When Milam missed payments in 2023, Selene sent her a letter internal practices prevented Selene from ... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - IL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Yale Schiff </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bank Fraud. </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> YALE SCHIFF fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, vehicle loans,... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - IL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Yale Schiff </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtained mortgage loans, vehicle loans, lines of credit, and credit cards </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Suburban Chicago Businessman Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Bank Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - IL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Xavier Menzies </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Embezzling More Than $770,000 </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Head of Suburban Chicago Public Library Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Embezzling More Than $770,000</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The former... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - IL)<h2><center> In re Marriage of Yasemin Celik and Onur Celik </h2></center>
<h2><br> Chicago, Illinois divorce lawyers represented Petitioner and Responden in a dissolution action.<br> </h2<<br> <br> Yasemin and Onur were married on June 16, 2016. They had one child, Arya. On June 23, 2017, Onur purchased a condominium located at 1322 S. Prairie Ave, Unit 402, Chicago (the condo), in his name alone. The mortgage was also taken out in his name alone. After the purchase, th... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - IL)<h2><center> In re Marriage of Yasemin Celik, v. Onur Celik </h2></center>
<h2><br> Chicago, Illinois family law divorce lawyers represented the parties.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> ¶ 5 Yasemin and Onur were married on June 16, 2016. They had one child, Arya. On June 23, 2017, Onur purchased a condominium located at 1322 S. Prairie Ave, Unit 402, Chicago (the condo), in his name alone. The mortgage was also taken out in his name alone. After the purchase, the family lived... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - IL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Sam McCann </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulent Use of Campaign Funds, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b>Former Illinois State Senator, Gubernatorial Candidate Sam McCann Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Fraudulent Use of Campaign Funds, M... More...
$0 (07-10-2024 - IL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Becky Louise Sutton </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Former Paralegal for Chicago Law Firm Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Embezzlement </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A former paralegal for a Chicago law firm has been sentenced... More...
$0 (04-03-2024 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Gary E. Matthews </h2></center>
Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of mail fraud and 13 counts of money laundering.<br> <br> A federal jury returned guilty verdicts after a day and a half of deliberations in the trial against Pere Marquette Hotel developers Gary E. Matthews, 81, of East Peoria, Illinois, and Monte J. Brannan, 70, of Peoria, Illinois. Matthews and Brannan ... More...
$0 (11-16-2023 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Kendall A. Mack, Rasheem McCree and Adrian Lamont Morris </h2></center>
Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with making false statements related to the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). <br> <br> The PPP provided federal funds to small businesses that were directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to pay up to eight weeks of payroll costs, rent, utilities and mortgage interest. The program was implemented by the Small Bus... More...
$0 (09-06-2023 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenesha Burlison </h2> </center>
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with identity theft.<br> <br> Kenesha Burlison, 40, of St. Louis, Missouri, was the Director of Human Relations for Call for Help, Inc. from 2016 until her termination in 2020. Call for Help is a longstanding charitable organization in East St. Louis, Illinois, that helps people overcome a variety of personal crises, rangin... More...
$0 (09-19-2022 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Patrick D. Thompson </h2> </center>
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with making false statements and tax offenses.<br> <br> Patrick D. Thompson, of Chicago, was convicted in February on all seven counts against him, including five counts of willfully filing a false income tax return and two counts of knowingly making a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. U.S. District Judge... More...
$0 (07-06-2022 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Schaller </h2> </center>
Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Defendant was wire fraud.<br> <br> The government presented evidence that Christopher Schaller, age 48, of Springfield, Illinois, used his extensive knowledge of the mortgage industry and the trust placed in him by his employer, Diamond Residential Mortgage Corporation (Diamond), as the manager of its Springfield, Ill... More...
$0 (06-20-2022 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Sultan Issa </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with embezzling tens of millions of dollars charge. He now appeals his sentence, claiming that the district court violated his due process rights by erroneously admitting and relying upon sentencing submissions from victims of his crimes. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Sultan Issa engaged in a ... More...
$0 (01-09-2022 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Scott Ginsberg </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a bank fraud charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We view the trial evidence in the light most favorable to <br> the government. United States v. Wade, 962 F.3d 1004, 1012 <br> (7th Cir. 2020). In 2007, Scott Ginsberg learned of apartments<br> changing into condominiums in Roselle, Ill... More...
$0 (12-11-2021 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Linda Nulf </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three felony charges: two counts of bank fraud and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Linda Nulf worked as a licensed loan originator in <br> Illinois. For approximately three years, she and two codefendants participa... More...
$0 (12-09-2021 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Ronald Speiser and Jean Speiser </h2></center>
East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense attorneys represented defendants charged with fraud.<br> <br> Ronald Speiser, 81, and Jean Speiser, 81, of Freeburg, Illinois, will spend <br> their next year in home confinement making restitution payments after defrauding an <br> elderly family member out of nearly $200,000. The Speisers pled guilty to two counts of fraud and <br> were senten... More...
$0 (11-23-2021 - IL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Carl Palladinetti </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Chicago, IL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud and making false statements. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Palladinetti admits to knowingly participating in a yearslong scheme to defraud lenders. He and several others used <br> this scheme to purchase at least thirty apartment buildings in <br> the Chicago area and... More...
$0 (11-13-2021 - IL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Anne Aroste </center> </h2>
Chicago, Illinois wire fraud criminal lawyer represented Anne Aroste, age 42, who was charged by the United States of America with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> ANNE AROSTE worked as a claims specialist at the SSA’s field office in Aurora. Aroste was responsible for processing applications for Social Security benefits via the agency’s electronic records system. From 2013... More...
$0 (10-07-2020 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Mark Yampol </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ChicagoFed.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Chicago, IL - The United States of America charged Mark Yampol, age 57,w ith skimming money from federally insured facilities that had defaulted on mortgage loans to pay expenses of a non-federally insured facility.<br> <br> According to the indictment, Yampol c... More...
$0 (08-07-2020 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Sushil A. Sheth </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"><br> </center><br> <br> Dr. Sushil Sheth amassed significant<br> wealth as a cardiologist, but, as he later admitted in a plea<br> agreement, he did so in a scheme to overbill government and<br> private insurers by approximately $13 million. In his p... More...
$0 (05-13-2019 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Kevin W. Schaul </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/findleyfbspringfield_8416733164112529437_1428954973069.jpg"><br> </center><br> Springfield, IL - Owner of Former Springfield Medical Supply Business Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Medicaid Fraud<br> <br> A former Springfield, Ill., man whose business supplied incontinence products to Medicaid recipients, Kevin W. Schaul, was... More...
$0 (04-06-2019 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. James Snyder </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL 0 Federal Jury Convicts Mayor of Portage, Ind., on Corruption Charge for Pocketing a Bribe to Influence City Contrac<br> <br> A federal jury convicted the mayor of Portage, Ind., on a corruption charge for solic... More...
$0 (02-15-2019 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Robert Tomlinson </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"><br> </center><br> Chicago, IL - CEO of Suburban Pharmaceutical Company Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Misappropriating $2.2 Million from Investors<br> <br> A federal judge sentenced the former Chief Executive Officer of a suburban pharma... More...
$0 (12-13-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Michael S. Davenport </h2> </center>
East St. Louis, IL - Former Bassist for the Ataris Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Thousands in Nationwide Telemarketing Real Estate Scam<br> <center><h2><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a><b... More...
$0 (09-28-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> In Re: Southwest Airlines Voucher Litigation <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <center><font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </h2> </center> </font>
This is the third appeal regarding<br> attorney fees to stem from a class action against Southwest<br> 2 No. 17‐3541<br> Airlines after it stopped honoring in‐flight drink vouchers for<br> customers who bought “Business Select” fares. We thought<br> the case was over after the first appeal, In re Southwest Airlines<br> Voucher Litigation (Southwest I), 799 F.3d 701 (7th Cir. 2015),... More...
$0 (08-02-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Meryl Squires-Cannon, et al. v. Forest Preserve District of Cook County, et al. <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <center><font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </h2> </center> </font>
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, has been trying to acquire a 400-acre estate in Barrington after the owners defaulted on a mortgage and note held by the Forest Preserve. The Forest Preserve foreclosed and then bought the property at the foreclosure auction. The original owners have expressed their opposition by filing five lawsuits of their own, in addition to raising af-fir... More...
$0 (07-26-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Daryl Sutula-Johnson v. Office Depot, Inc. <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois <P> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <center><font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </h2> </center> </font>
Plaintiff Daryl Sutula‐Johnson<br> sued her former employer, alleging that its changes to her<br> compensation for selling office furniture breached its contract<br> with her and violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection<br> Act. The district court granted summary judgment for the<br> employer. We affirm summary judgment for the employer on<br> 2 No. 17‐1855<br> the claims for ... More...
$0 (06-25-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Charles Williams <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
Charlise Williams was charged in a<br> five‐count indictment for bankruptcy fraud. After a weeklong<br> jury trial, she was found guilty on all counts and sentenced<br> to a below‐Guidelines prison term of 46 months. On<br> appeal, Williams argues that the district court erred by: (1) restricting<br> her ability to cross‐examine witnesses in violation of<br> the Confrontation Cla... More...
$0 (06-06-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Christopher Roberts, et al. v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, et al. <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis,<br> Congress created the Federal Housing Finance Agency<br> (the Agency) and authorized it to place into conservatorship<br> two critical government‐sponsored enterprises—the Federal<br> National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan<br> Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Fannie Mae and<br> 2 No. 17‐1880<br> Freddie Mac. 12 U.... More...
$0 (05-07-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Daniel Glick <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
Chicago, IL - Chicago Investment Advisor Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Misappropriating $5.2 Million in Client Funds<br> <br> A Chicago investment advisor was sentenced on April 17, 2018 to more than 12 years in federal prison for stealing $5.2 million from several clients, including his elderly in-laws.<br> <br> DANIEL GLICK, who owned three accounting and financial servic... More...
$0 (04-19-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Margery Newman v. Metropolitian Life Insurance Company <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
At age 56, Margery Newman pur-chased a long-term-care insurance plan from the Metropoli-tan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). She opted for one of MetLife’s non-standard options for paying her insurance pre-miums; MetLife called the method she selected “Reduced-Pay<br> 2 No. 17-1844<br> at 65.” When Newman was 67 years old, she was startled to discover that MetLife that year more than ... More...
$0 (03-27-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jessica Arong O'Brien <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
Chicago, IL - Federal Jury Convicts Illinois Attorney in Mortgage Fraud Scheme<br> <br> A federal jury on February 15, 2018 convicted an Illinois attorney of fraudulently obtaining loans related to the purchase, maintenance and sale of properties on Chicago’s South Side.<br> <br> JESSICA ARONG O’BRIEN fraudulently caused lenders to issue and refinance approximately $1.4 million in mortgage and... More...
$0 (02-16-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Beebe Roh v. Starbucks Corporation <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
While Beebe and Lucas Roh were at<br> Starbucks on Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois with their two<br> sons Alexander and Marcus, a wood and metal stanchion fell<br> onto Marcus Roh’s finger. Marcus’s injured finger had to be<br> amputated that same day. Beebe sued Starbucks Corporation<br> 2 No. 16-4033<br> in state court on behalf of Marcus, claiming its negligence<br> caused Marcus’s inju... More...
$0 (02-02-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Margery Newman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company <P> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> <P> Northern District of Illinois Courthouse - Chicago, Illinois </h2> </center>
At age 56, Margery Newman purchased<br> a long-term care insurance plan from the Metropolitan<br> Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”). She opted for one of<br> MetLife’s non-standard options for paying her insurance premiums;<br> MetLife called the method she selected “Reduced-Pay<br> at 65.” When Newman was 67 years old, she was startled to<br> 2 No. 17-1844<br> discover that MetLife tha... More...
$0 (02-07-2018 - IL)<center> <h2> Joseph L. Reed v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation <P> <img width="300" src="http://nationalmortgageprofessional.com/sites/default/files/Freedom_Mortgage_Logo_2.jpg"> </h2> </center>
Joseph L. Reed sued his former<br> employer, Freedom Mortgage Company, under the Illinois<br> Human Rights Act, alleging race-based discrimination. After<br> concluding that Reed lacked evidence of racial bias, the district<br> court granted summary judgment in favor of Freedom Mortgage.<br> Reed challenges the court’s decisions on evidentiary<br> 2 No. 16-3661<br> matters as well as the court�... More...
$0 (08-27-2017 - IL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. James P. Smith <P> <img width="400" src="http://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/sites/all/themes/district/welcome-img.jpg"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Peoria, Illinois </h2> </center>
Peoria, IL - Decatur Insurance Agent Sentenced for Fraud Scheme, Money Laundering<br> <br> Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid on July 20, 2017 sentenced James P. Smith, an independent insurance agent, to 63 months in federal prison for defrauding his clients from February 2011 to July 2016. Smith, 61, of the 5400 block of Traughber Road, Decatur, Ill., was also ordered to pay $349,777 in re... More...
$0 (07-24-2017 - IL)Tonya Davis v. Ernest B. Fenton, et al.
In 2013 Tonya Davis sued Ernest Fenton (as well as Fenton’s law firms) in federal district court asserting state malpractice and breach of contract claims, as well as federal Fair Housing Act and Civil Rights Act claims, all arising out of Fenton’s representation of Davis in a mortgage foreclosure action in which Davis had lost her home. Davis alleged that Fenton’s representation of her had<... More...
$0 (05-26-2017 - IL)Daniel Medici, et al. v. City of Chicago
On July 2, 2015, the three plaintiffs<br> filed this suit against the City of Chicago. Eventually they<br> lost in the district court and two of them—Medici and<br> Kukielka—have appealed.<br> The plaintiffs are military veterans currently employed as<br> Chicago police officers. All three have tattoos relating to<br> 2 No. 15-3610<br> their military service and to their religion. Medici’s i... More...
$0 (05-10-2017 - IL)<center><b><h2>THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS v. VINCENT RIZZO</center></b></h2>
On September 17, 2013, defendant, Vincent Rizzo, was charged by uniform citation and complaint forms with (1) a violation of section 11-601.5(b) of the Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-601.5(b) (West 2012) (“A person who drives a vehicle *** at a speed that is 40 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit *** commits a Class A misdemeanor.”)) 2 in that he allegedly drov... More...
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