Reno, NV - Former Reno Mortgage Broker Sentenced To Five Years In Prison

A former Reno mortgage broker was sentenced to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, 150 hours of community service, and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling $260,000 from a Reno company’s employee pension plan, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden for the District of Nevada.

Mar... More...   $0 (02-07-2016 - NV)

Defendant, Eric Abshire, was indicted for the July 27, 2011, first degree
murders of Lemuel Brown and Lona Carter, violations of La.R.S. 14:30, one count
of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, Schedule IV, a violation of
La.R.S. 40:969, and one count of possession of a firearm while in possession of a
controlled dangerous substance, in violation of La.R.S 14:95. More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - LA)

Plaintiffs allege that the enactment of two federal statutes, the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-242, § 202, 101 Stat. 1877 (1988) (ELIHPA), and the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-625, 104 Stat. 4249 (1990) (LIHPRHA), collectively known as the Preservation Statutes, prevented them from exercising their... More...   $0 (02-06-2016 - DC)

Santa Ana, CA - Orange County Man Faces Nearly 200 Years in Prison after Being Convicted of Federal Charges in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

A federal jury today convicted an Orange County man for leading a “builder bailout” real estate scheme that resulted in the fraudulent purchase of more than 100 condominium units around the country with mortgages that mostly went into default, resulting in f... More...   $0 (02-05-2016 - CA)

In June 2014, the Dickson County Grand Jury indicted the appellant for one count of theft of property valued $10,000 or more but less than $60,000, a Class C felony, and one count of vandalism of property valued $1,000 or more but less than $10,000, a Class D felony. According to the affidavit of complaint, the appellant “trashed” a residence she had been hired to house-sit and took cash and prop... More...   $0 (02-02-2016 - TN)

Dilean Reyes-Rivera was the mastermind of a Ponzi scheme, operated largely in Puerto Rico,
which defrauded over 230 vulnerable people out of approximately
$22 million. In 2012, he pled guilty to bank fraud and to
conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and in 2013 he was sentenced to
concurrent terms of 60 months of imprisonment on the wire fraud
conspiracy count and 242 months ... More...   $0 (01-31-2016 - PR)

Pocatello, ID - Former Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

Benjamin Gunn, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Melody Gunn, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. The Gunns were charged by information on January 28, 2016.

According to the plea agreements, the Gunns filed for bankruptcy in May 2011, and

falsely represented in the filed ... More...   $0 (01-29-2016 - ID)

Pocatello, ID - Former Husband and Wife Plead Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud

Benjamin Gunn, 46, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Melody Gunn, 45, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to bankruptcy fraud. The Gunns were charged by information on January 28, 2016.

According to the plea agreements, the Gunns filed for bankruptcy in May 2011, and

falsely represented in ... More...   $0 (01-29-2016 - ID)

COEUR D'ALENE, ID - Post Falls Banker Sentenced for Bank Fraud

Randy Gard Teall, 67, of Post Falls, Idaho, was sentenced in United States District Court to 12 months and one day in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge will determine the amount of restitution Teall will be ordered to pay. Teall pleaded guilty to t... More...   $0 (01-27-2016 - ID)

Dallas, TX - Dallas Securities Broker Sentenced to 36 Months in Federal Prison on Securities Fraud Conviction

Defendant Defrauded Individuals with Whom He Had Longstanding Business and Personal Relationships

Wade Lawrence, 43, of Dallas, a securities broker, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara M. G. Lynn to 36 months in federal prison, following his guilty plea in Septem... More...   $0 (01-22-2016 - TX)

¶1 At issue in this cause is whether the estate of a deceased grantor of mortgaged properties conveyed by transfer-on-death deed is liable for the underlying debt, when the grantor's will contained express instructions for the payment of all debts secured by mortgages. We determine that it is.

I.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2 Carol Jean Carlson (Decedent) learned she was te... More...   $0 (01-20-2016 - OK)

We begin by summarizing the evidence that sets the stage
for evaluating Prieto's challenges to the sufficiency of the
government's proof in support of the offense for which Prieto was
charged and convicted. In so doing, we take the evidence in a
light favorable to the jury verdict. United States v. Burgos
Montes, 786 F.3d 92, 99 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 599 More...   $0 (01-20-2016 - NH)

Carol Jean Carlson (Decedent) learned she was terminally ill in 2011, and retained an attorney to assist her in planning the disposition of her estate (Estate). On August 24, 2011, Decedent executed three transfer-on-death deeds (TODDs) pursuant to the Nontestamentary Transfer of Property Act (NTPA), 58 O.S. 2011 §§ 1251-1258 for real property she owned, as well as a Last Will and Testament. One o... More...   $0 (01-20-2016 - OK)

This case relates to the 2011 killing of Lataska Applewhite. This court summarized the facts of the case in the appeal of the Petitioner‟s conviction: At trial, Marvis Applewhite testified that she was the victim‟s mother and that she last saw her daughter alive on Monday, November 28, 2011, before she left to go to work. Ms. Applewhite testified that, at the time of the victim‟... More...   $0 (01-16-2016 - TN)

San Francisco, CA - Former Marin County Mortgage Broker Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison

Diane Cobb was sentenced to 41 months in prison for her role in a Ponzi scheme. The sentencing follows a guilty plea in which Cobb admitted to running a fraudulent scheme with co-defendant Paul Sloane Davis through which they profited by more than a million dollars.

Cobb, 58, of Ada, Ohio, w... More...   $0 (01-14-2016 - CA)

San Francisco, CA - Former Marin County Mortgage Broker Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison

Dianne Cobb was sentenced to 41 months in prison for her role in a Ponzi scheme. The sentencing follows a guilty plea in which Cobb admitted to running a fraudulent scheme with co-defendant Paul Sloane Davis through which they profited by more than a million dollars.

Cobb, 58, of Ada, Ohio, ... More...   $0 (01-14-2016 - CA)

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 (01-14-2016 - PA)

San Jose, CA - Former Wells Fargo Bank Manager Sentenced To 41 Months’ Imprisonment For Fraud And Theft

Sharon Lynn Shaw was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay over $992,000 in restitution for her involvement in a bank fraud and theft by bank officer scheme.

Shaw, 68, of San Jose, Calif., pleaded guilty on February 17, 2015. In pleading guilty, Shaw admitted tha... More...   $0 (01-13-2016 - CA)

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Raleigh attorney Joseph Lee Levinson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make false statements to federally insured financial institutions, announced Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina. He will be sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Beaty, Jr., in Winston-Salem on May 19, 2016.

Joseph Lee Levinson pleaded guilty to ... More...   $0 (01-12-2016 - NC)

Greensboro, NC - Raleigh Attorney Pleads Guilty To Federal Fraud Charges

Raleigh attorney Joseph Lee Levinson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make false statements to federally insured financial institutions. He will be sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Beaty, Jr., in Winston-Salem on May 19, 2016.

Joseph Lee Levinson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to... More...   $0 (01-12-2016 - NC)

Boise, ID - Treasure Valley Contractor Pleads Guilty and is Resentenced

Elaine Martin, 69, of Meridian, Idaho, the former president and majority stockholder of MarCon, Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of making and subscribing a false tax return before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. Following the entry of her plea, Judge Winmill sentenced her for the tax conviction, and res... More...   $0 (01-11-2016 - ID)

A restaurant was severely damaged by fire. The owners made an insurance claim, but much of the claim was denied. They ultimately sued the insurer for policy benefits. They obtained a jury verdict and judgment against the insurer, which the insurer paid. Thereafter, they brought a separate action against the insurer for bad faith, alleging it had lacked a reasonable basis for its prior refusal ... More...   $0 (01-08-2016 - IA)

Boise, ID - Former Executive of Nuclear Power Company Sentenced

Jennifer R. Ransom, 41, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release—the first six months of which is home confinement--for the crime of securities fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Senior United States District Judge... More...   $0 (01-07-2016 - ID)

San Diego, CA - Mastermind of Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Fraud Pleads Guilty

Mazen Alzoubi, a real estate investor, admitted today that he orchestrated a scheme to steal title to Southern California homes and then sell the properties to unsuspecting buyers before the true owners could put a stop to the sale.

Alzoubi admitted that from May 2012 through August 2014, he and se... More...   $0 (01-05-2016 - CA)

The charges in this case arise from Litvak’s conduct as a 4  
securities broker and trader at Jefferies & Company (“Jefferies”), a 5  
global securities broker‐dealer and investment banking firm.1   6  
In January 2013, the government filed an indictment charging 7  
Litvak with eleven counts of securities fraud, see 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b), 8  
78ff (Counts 1–11), one c... More...   $0 (01-03-2016 - CT)