ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Three co-conspirators who operated a nationwide, multi-year “home mortgage modification” fraud that scammed hundreds of victims out of at least $10 million were convicted today by a federal jury. “These defendants scammed hundreds of individuals and families who were trying Read More

Source: victoriaadvocate.com By Jessica Priest April 4, 2017 at 10:42 p.m. Updated April 5, 2017 at 6 a.m Upcoming court dates for other defendants Debra Smith Gillespie, former executive director, May 3 Roger Earl Clark, maintenance director, May 1 David Keith Norrell, contractor, May 1 Read More

(Source: www.toledoblade.com) Calling their crimes “morally reprehensible,” a federal judge on Monday sent four people involved in a phony home-loan modification scheme to prison. U.S. District Court Judge James Carr ordered Christopher J. Howder, 40, of Perrysburg to spend seven years in prison Read More

(Source: www.guampdn.com) A judge sentenced a former employee of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority to 1 year and 1 day in prison for accepting bribes, but she will only spend 30 days behind bars. Antonia Mayo-San Nicolas admitted to taking bribes from tenants to qualify them for the Read More

Source: pressherald.com) A Gorham woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $91,000 from the South Portland Housing Authority. Jamie Hussey, 35, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to committing federal program fraud, said acting U.S. Attorney Richard W. Murphy in a news release Read More

BOSTON – The owner of a trash company was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with defrauding the operator of the Fall River Landfill out of approximately $473,000 in disposal fees.   Stephen P. Aguiar, Jr., 47, of Westport, was charged with three counts of mail fraud. Read More

The former executive director of the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. (NWCDC) today admitted accepting approximately $999,000 in kickback payments in exchange for her assistance in awarding work to various vendors and contractors of the agency, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman Read More

FREEHOLD – The former executive director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority, who is also the ex-mayor of Lawrence Township, has been indicted on 38 counts of official misconduct and other charges, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Monday. An investigation Read More

(Source: nj.gov) TRENTON – Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that eight additional individuals were charged criminally today with filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related to Superstorm Sandy. Since March 2014, the Attorney General’s Office has filed criminal Read More

(Source: Justice.gov) Franklin American Mortgage Company has agreed to pay the United States $70 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Read More

(Source: FBI.gov) NEWARK N.J.—An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man today admitted recruiting straw buyers and submitting bogus loan applications as part of large-scale mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in northern New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Miguel LaRosa, 48, pleaded Read More

(Source: nj.com) TRENTON — A Toms River man who received more than $218,000 in Hurricane Sandy relief aid has admitted to filing fraudulent applications for funding from government-run storm recovery programs, authorities said. Gregory Wagner, 63, pleaded guilty in state Superior Court on Monday Read More

(Source: Realtytoday.com) Real estate attorney, Hyacinth Bellerose, pleaded guilty in participating in a wide-ranged scheme to defraud banks and mortgage companies. The scheme was done as part of a conspiracy involving sham "short" sales of numerous residential properties in the Merrimack Valley Read More

(Source: CBS6 News) ALBANY -- Public housing is a program designed to help low-income families by giving them a roof over their head.  Last year, about 1.1 million families received public housing assistance.   However, people continue to use the system - even after their salaries Read More

Over lunch at the Sendera, the Victoria Housing Authority Board accepted the resignation of Executive Director Debbie Gillespie. Gillespie's resignation comes about a month after an inspector general found the housing authority mismanaged more than $780,000 between Jan. 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014. Read More

(Source: CBS Boston) BOSTON (CBS) – Like thousands of other low-income residents in Boston, Angelina Depina, 26, knows how tough it is to find an affordable place to live. To qualify for subsidized public housing options, prospective tenants have to meet income restrictions. There is a lot of Read More

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Suit Alleges that Purported Charity Concealed Problem Lenders from Federal Housing Administration (Source: USAO, Eastern District of New York) Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, David A. Montoya, Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Read More

(Source: Providence Journal Newspaper) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Federal prosecutors say a former Providence City Council candidate has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for obtaining a $157,000 federally insured mortgage loan fraudulently by using the identity of a dead person. Read More

(Source: DOJ) WASHINGTON – The owner of a Florida mortgage company was sentenced today to serve 135 months in prison for orchestrating a $64 million mortgage fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer Read More