New Haven, CT - New Haven Man Sentenced to More Than 3 Years in Federal Prison for Bankruptcy and Tax Fraud Schemes

Jason Sheehan, 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for engaging in an extensive bankruptcy and tax fraud scheme. In addition, Judge Thompson s... More...   $0 (08-03-2015 - CT)

Little Rock, AR - Former Saline County Sheriff Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud

Bruce Pennington, age 64, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, the former Saline County Sheriff, pleaded guilty to a one-count Information charging him with wire fraud for using money from his campaign account to pay for personal items and expenses charged to his Sheriff’s Office Visa card.

Pennington held the offic... More...   $0 (08-03-2015 - AR)

Because this is an equitable case, the Court of Appeals, “acting in its sole discretion, may try the cause anew upon the record or make one or more factual findings anew upon the record.” ORS 19.415(3)(b). No party has requested that we exercise our discretion to review de novo. Nevertheless, as explained below, 272 Or App at 635, the trial court’s interpretation of the parties’ settlement agreeme... More...   $0 (08-03-2015 - OR)

Salt Lake City, UT - Clearfield Woman Pleads Guilty To Mail, Wire Fraud And Identity Theft In Embezzlement Schemes Involving Two Employers

Sentenced To 42 Months In Federal Prison

Teri Ann Jarvis, age 41, of Clearfield, charged in a federal indictment returned in February with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and wire fraud in connection with embezzlement schemes involving ... More...   $0 (08-02-2015 - UT)

Christine V. Violette appeals from a judgment of divorce entered in the
District Court (Waterville, Dow, J.). Christine contends that the court (1) clearly
erred in its calculation of Randy R. Violette’s income; (2) abused its discretion in
its spousal support award; (3) clearly erred in finding that two assets, a piece of
real estate and a business, were nonmarital; and (4) v... More...   $0 (08-02-2015 - ME)

Christine and Randy were married on October 2, 1993, in Lewiston.
They have three children together: a seventeen-year-old son, a thirteen-year-old
2 son, and a ten-year-old daughter. Christine filed a complaint for divorce on
November 9, 2012. At the final hearing on December 12, 2013, the court heard
evidence of the following facts relevant to this appeal.
[¶3] Separ... More...   $0 (08-02-2015 - ME)

Alexander acted as Johnson's closing attorney when she purchased a home in North Charleston on September 14, 2006. The title examination for the home had been performed by attorney Charles Feeley at the request of Johnson's previous attorney, Mario Inglese. Alexander purchased the title work from Inglese and relied on this title exam in concluding there were no back taxes owed on the property. T... More...   $0 (07-31-2015 - SC)

Brooklyn, NY - Long Island Man Sentenced To 55 Months For Stealing More Than $31 Million Dollars In A Wire Fraud Scheme Involving Sub-Prime Mortgages

Thomas Donovan, 67, was sentenced to 55 months of incarceration for his guilty plea to wire fraud conspiracy on May 31, 2013. The District Court also entered an order directing Donovan to forfeit more than $31 million that he received and t... More...   $0 (07-30-2015 - NY)

LSREF2 Apex (TX) II, LLC (Apex) appeals the trial court’s no-evidence summary
judgment in favor of Gregory Blomquist and Daniel Davids. In two issues, Apex argues the trial
court erred in striking its summary judgment evidence and entering summary judgment in favor
of Blomquist and Davids. We affirm the trial court’s orders granting Blomquist’s and Davids’
motions for summary judgm... More...   $0 (07-29-2015 - TX)

In this insurance-coverage case, the trial court rendered judgment that the insured take nothing based on the jury’s verdict in favor of the insurer. The verdict included a finding that the fire that destroyed the insured’s home was intentionally caused with the insured’s prior knowledge or participation. On appeal, the insured asserts that the trial court reversibly erred in prohibiting her from ... More...   $0 (07-28-2015 - TX)

Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Shayne Harrison Smith, age 47, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Florence, to Wire Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell of Florence accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence re... More...   $0 (07-28-2015 - SC)

Atlanta, GA - Former HUD-OIG Special Agent in Charge Convicted of Making False Statements to Obtain a Loan

Herschell Harvell, Jr., a former Special Agent in Charge with the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been convicted of two counts of making false statements to First Tennessee National Bank, N.A., to obtain a loan, after a one week ju... More...   $0 (07-28-2015 - GA)

Los Angeles, CA - Second Man Linked to Medicare Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty to Federal Money Laundering and Tax Offenses

A Glendale man pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and tax charges related to a scheme in which he helped launder $1.1 million generated by a health care fraud scheme.

Khachatour Hakobyan, 47, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit money laundering ... More...   $0 (07-27-2015 - CA)

Norman, OK - Kaye I. Johnson sued Danny Lee Gravitt seeking a declaratory judgment claiming:

I. At all relevant times, Plaintiff was a resident of Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, State of Okiahoma, and as of on or about May 1, 2006, Plaintiff has been a resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma, for reasons hereinafter set forth.
2. At all relevant times, Defendan... More...   $0 (07-24-2015 - OK)

The plaintiff, Jillian Cohen Bergeron, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Delker, J.) that: (1) lifted a preliminary injunction on the
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foreclosure sale of her home by the defendant, New York Community Bank; and (2) dismissed her case. We affirm.
The trial court found, or the record supports, the following facts. On October 25, 2006, the plaintiff executed a promissor... More...   $0 (07-24-2015 - )

Morello owns property at the northwest corner of 42d and Center Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. NAMN owns property immediately to the west of Morello’s property. Throughout this litigation, and hereinafter in this opinion, NAMN’s property is referred to as “Lot 9” and Morello’s property is referred to as “Lot 10.” A residential home is located on Lot 9, and there are no structures on Lot 10. Lot 10 se... More...   $0 (07-24-2015 - NE)

Before the Court is Jay Sandon Cooper’s July 16, 2015 motion to review the trial court’s July 7, 2015 order sustaining the Collin County District Clerk’s contest to his affidavit of indigence.1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(j). We affirm the trial court’s order.
BACKGROUND
Seeking to proceed on appeal without advance payment of costs, Cooper, appearing pro se, filed his affidavit of indigence c... More...   $0 (07-23-2015 - TX)

Honolulu, HI - Honolulu Woman Pleads Guilty To Fraud Scheme

Jennifer McTigue, age 48, of Honolulu, pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, as well as committing wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. McTigue pled guilty in federal district court before Senior District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall a day after jury selection for her trial was to... More...   $0 (07-22-2015 - HI)

Although this appeal originally arose from two summary judgments, one in favor of the appellees Bipin Patel and Mahadev, LLC and the other in favor of First National Bank, N.A., we previously dismissed the appeal of the summary judgment in favor of First National Bank, N.A.1 See Peacock Hospitality, Inc. v. Patel, No. 04-13-00278-CV, 2014 WL 7340520 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Dec. 23, 2014, no pet.). ... More...   $0 (07-22-2015 - TX)

Plaintiffs are borrowers who failed to purchase hazard insurance on their
mortgaged properties, as required by the terms of their loan agreements. Their
loan servicer, GMAC Mortgage LLC (“GMAC”), bought lender-placed insurance
(“LPI”) from Balboa Insurance Company and MeritPlan Insurance Company
(together, “Balboa”) at rates that were approved by regulators. GMAC then
sought re... More...   $0 (07-22-2015 - NY)

On November 26, 2009, Meyer was the front passenger in a vehicle driven by her
friend Brandon Coleman. Another person, Levi Calhoun, was in the back seat. While
driving to a nearby drugstore, Meyer told Coleman to turn onto Skyview Drive as a
shortcut. Skyview Drive is a residential street with a 25 mile-per-hour speed limit.
Meyer had been on Skyview Drive many times befor... More...   $0 (07-22-2015 - CA)

This is an appeal from the trial court’s final decree of divorce. In two issues, Scott B. Svalesen asserts the trial court erred in (1) granting the divorce without any evidence satisfying the residence and domicile requirements of section 6.301 of the Texas Family Code and (2) awarding Maria E. Svalesen (Wife) a disproportionate share of the community property. We affirm the trial court’s judgmen... More...   $0 (07-21-2015 - TX)

Cleveland, OH - North Royalton man sentenced to nearly three years in prison for mortgage-relief scam

A North Royalton man was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for operating a loan-modification scheme in which he defrauded more than 90 homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments out of $286,000. Robert Walker, age 44, was sentenced ot 33 months in prison after previousl... More...   $0 (07-21-2015 - OH)

Plaintiffs, a putative class of owners of Microsoft
Corporation’s (Microsoft) Xbox 360® video game console
(Xbox), appeal from the stipulated dismissal with prejudice
of their lawsuit and from the order striking their class
allegations. In striking the class allegations, the district court
deferred to an earlier class certification denial order involving
a similar putative ... More...   $0 (07-20-2015 - WA)

This case arises from a dispute between plaintiffsappellants Centurion Properties III, LLC (“CPIII”) and SMI Group XIV, LLC (“SMI”) (together, “Plaintiffs”), and defendant-appellee Chicago Title Insurance Company (“Chicago Title”) over whether Chicago Title breached a duty of care to Plaintiffs, causing damages, when it recorded unauthorized liens on CPIII’s property. We have jurisdiction under 2... More...   $0 (07-19-2015 - )