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    Mortgage Loan Officer and Real Estate Agents Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme in Central Valley
    FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned an indictment against German Antonio Lopez-Velasquez, 55, of Modesto; Marko Antonio Lopez, 27, of Modesto; and Lisa Marie Santos, 48, of Long Beach, charging them with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Lopez-Velasquez was also charged with witness tampering. He is alleged to have attempted to persuade an individual to make false…
    Press release
    August 25, 2022
    Former Madill Housing Authority Executive Director Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Embezzlement of Over $450,000 of HUD Housing Authority Money
    Charley Rember, Jr.,52, former Executive Director of Madill Housing Authority in Madill, Oklahoma, was sentenced on January 26, 2022, to 8 years in prison (2 years suspended) and ordered to pay more than $477,000 in restitution and fines for embezzlement of over $450,000 of government money to support his gambling habit. The sentencing was announced by Judge Wallace Coppedge, District Court of Marshall County, Oklahoma. The case was…
    Press release
    February 10, 2022