According to the State’s evidence, during relevant times, appellant owned an auto repair shop. Complainant, Antonio Robayo, owned a Corvette and a BMW. Apparently, Robayo met appellant when Robayo took the Corvette to appellant’s shop, and at some point, Robayo performed work on appellant’s home. Subsequently, in early 2013, appellant called Robayo “out of the blue” about the possibility of app... More...   $0 (06-05-2016 - TX)

This case arises in the context of the post-financial-crisis restructuring of the Full Spectrum Lending Division (“FSL”) of Countrywide Home Loans. Prior to the events at issue in this case, FSL had been the subprime lending division of Countrywide; after the collapse of the subprime market in 2007, Countrywide undertook a transformation of FSL into a prime origination division with the goal of se... More...   $0 (05-30-2016 - )

Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Massive Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Largest Money Laundering Scheme in Alaska History

A former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor was sentenced to 160 months in prison for perpetrating a massive wire fraud and money laundering scheme encompassing $52 million. This is t... More...   $45925737 (05-23-2016 - AK)

The defendant, Keith Chemlen, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of forgery in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-139 (a) (3), and larceny in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-124 (a) (2). The defendant subsequently pleaded guilty to being a persistent serious felony offender in violation of General Statutes § 53a-40 (c... More...   $0 (05-23-2016 - CT)

White Plains, NY - Former Senior Executive From Universal Forest Products Robert Lees Found Guilty For Fraudulent Kickback Scheme

Rober Lees, a former senior executive of Universal Forest Products, Inc. (“UFP”) was convicted a jury of conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and making false statements in a loan application following a seven-day trial in White Plains.

Manhattan U... More...   $0 (05-21-2016 - NY)

This legal battle began in 2006 when American Biomedical Group, Inc. (ABGI) and ABG Cattletraq, LLC (Cattletraq) filed a petition in the district court against Techtrol, Inc. and William Ardrey (Defendants); Defendants then filed a counterclaim. ABGI and Cattletraq dismissed their claims and causes of action against Defendants (without prejudice), leaving Defendants' counterclaim pending. Two year... More...   $0 (05-19-2016 - OK)

The Clarke Circuit Court dismissed both the claims asserted by St. Union Baptist Church, Inc. ("the corporation"), against Reverend James M. Howard, Sr., and the counterclaims asserted by Howard against the corporation and its directors after concluding that their dispute was ecclesiastical in nature and outside the jurisdiction of the court. We affirm the trial court's dismissal of the corporatio... More...   $0 (05-13-2016 - AL)

In 2011, Brian and Constance Bradley desired to purchase a house. Constance saw an advertisement on Craigslist for a house listed for sale by Appellant and his wife, Clare. Constance contacted Appellant, and the parties began negotiations for the purchase of the house by the Bradleys. The parties negotiated the terms of the purchase over multiple meetings. Brian testified that he asked Appella... More...   $0 (05-11-2016 - TX)

.Thedefendantappealsfromthejudgment ofconviction,renderedafteratrialbeforeathreejudge court(panel),ofmurderinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-54a (a) and tampering with evidence in violation of General Statutes § 53a-155 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the panel improperly concluded that hehadfailedtoprovehisaffirmativedefenseofextreme emotional disturbance by a fair preponderance of the... More...   $0 (05-07-2016 - CT)

Tenton, NJ - Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced To 40 Months In Prison For Role In International $200 Million Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy
A Philadelphia woman who participated in one of the largest credit card fraud schemes ever charged by the Justice Department was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

Vernina Adams, 34, previously pleaded guilty... More...   $0 (05-06-2016 - NJ)

The facts most favorable to the conviction demonstrate that in September 2014,
Roysha Cole and her three children moved into Morgan’s home. On January
3, 2015, a Marion Superior Court judge issued a no-contact order prohibiting
Morgan from having contact with Cole and her children as a condition of
pretrial release. Consequently, Morgan moved out while Cole continued to live ... More...   $0 (04-29-2016 - i)

The record reveals the following facts and procedural
history.
A. Suppression Hearing
According to Detective Robert Prachar of the Homicide
Squad, Essex County Prosecutor's Office (prosecutor's office),
he initially met defendant on July 23, 2009, at her home in
Fairfield, where Zoppi had been found dead that morning. Later
that day, defendant and her husban... More...   $0 (04-22-2016 - NJ)

On February 10, 2015, the City of Shreveport (the “City”) filed a
petition to enforce security interest by ordinary process in connection with a
collateral mortgage and corresponding note. The City alleged that on June
28, 1993, Alice Black executed a bearer note in the amount of $40,000.00
due on demand, and the note was paraphed for identification with an act of
collateral m... More...   $0 (04-20-2016 - LA)

The present case is a Mississippi Tort Claims Act (MTCA) case riddled with
confusion and miscommunication surrounding a residential building permit. In 2006, Dr.
Terry Y. McMillin and his wife, Leslie Susan McMillin, purchased a new home in Tupelo,
Mississippi. Displeased with contractor Jamie Ewing’s failure to respond to their repair
requests, plus their discovery of a documen... More...   $0 (04-16-2016 - MS)

In early November 2012, Appellant and his then girlfriend, Evelyn Hamilton, went to Lanzy Owens’s Club, a Lufkin nightclub. Evelyn left after Appellant had several drinks and started “acting crazy.” She soon received a call from the club to come pick up Appellant. She found Appellant somewhere in the club in a confused state, complaining of a broken finger and wearing only boxer shorts. Concer... More...   $0 (04-14-2016 - TX)

Tulsa, OK - Former Dentist Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

The United States of America charged Wayne Scott Harrington with money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 982.

According to the Tulsa World: "Harrington admitted to depositing in June 2012 nearly $15,300 in funds derived from fraudulent Medicaid billing into a business account he controlled. Harrington admitted to sub... More...   $0 (04-14-2016 - OK)

New York, NY - Wells Fargo Bank Agrees to Pay $1.2 Billion for Improper Mortgage Lending Practices

Wells Fargo Bank Admits That It Certified that Loans Were Eligible for FHA Mortgage Insurance When They Were Not, and That It Did Not Disclose Thousands of Faulty Mortgage Loans to HUD

The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled civil mortgage... More...   $1200000000 (04-08-2016 - NY)

Briefly, Appellant SecurAmerica Business Credit (“Appellant” or “SecurAmerica”) brought this action against Southland Transportation Co., LLC (“Southland Transportation”), Southland Capital Co. (“Southland Capital”), and Appellees Karl Schledwitz and Terry Lynch. SecurAmerica II, 2014 WL 1266121 at *1. SecurAmerica‟s claims arise from an alleged default on a September 16, 1999 Secured Revol... More...   $0 (04-04-2016 - TN)

Jason Moreno was involved in a mortgage-fraud scheme as an appraiser who supplied inflated appraisals to other members of the scheme in exchange for money. He was also more directly involved—as broker, buyer, or seller, for instance—in other fraudulent transactions. At trial, Moreno was found guilty of five counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. After receiving his... More...   $0 (04-03-2016 - PA)

The government appeals only the district court’s ruling that it cannot proceed on
its reverse-piercing alter-ego theory.1 The court essentially ruled that the government had
failed to state a claim, regardless of the truth of its allegations. For the purposes of this
appeal, we therefore take the allegations of the government’s complaint (the Complaint)
as true, see Gee v. Pa... More...   $0 (03-26-2016 - UT)

The trial information and minutes of testimony allege these facts, which we accept as true for purposes of this appeal.1 The defendants, Demetrius Rimmer, Rona Murphy, and Melonicka Thomas, participated in an insurance fraud ring that staged car accidents in Chicago, Illinois. Murphy and Thomas are Illinois residents, and their vehicles were registered in Illinois. Rimmer is a Milwaukee, Wiscon... More...   $0 (03-25-2016 - IA)

Grady County Residents Sentenced For Burning Houses For Insurance

Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, G.F. Peterman, III, today announced the sentencing on March 24, 2016 of two individuals in an insurance fraud scheme. The sentences were handed by Senior District Court Judge W. Louis Sands in federal court in Albany, Georgia.

Elbert Walker, Jr. a/k... More...   $0 (03-24-2016 - GA)

Macon, GA Grady County Residents Sentenced For Burning Houses For Insurance

Elbert Walker, Jr. a/k/a “Shula”, aged 67, of Cairo, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 121 months in Federal prison for conspiracy to commit arson and mail, wire, bank and bankruptcy fraud and false declarations to a court as well as several firearms offenses and Shirley Burk, aged 48, of Cairo, Georgia, was sentenc... More...   $0 (03-24-2016 - GA)

San Diego, CA - Real Estate Brokers Imprisoned for Scheme to “Wash” Title to Million-Dollar San Diego Homes

Brothers and former San Diego real estate brokers Adel Afkarian and Atef Afkarian were sentenced to prison for their role in a fraudulent “debt elimination” scheme that purported to eliminate the mortgages on several million-dollar homes in San Diego.

U.S. District Judge Jo... More...   $0 (03-22-2016 - CA)

Burke was convicted by a jury of violation of public assistance, a Class IV felony. In June, August, and September 2010, Burke submitted a series of applications for the State’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The State’s case centers on Burke’s failure to report her husband’s workers’ compensation income after her first application. The State also highlights other changes Burke ... More...   $0 (03-20-2016 - NE)