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		<title>11 Arrested on Charges They Used Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Obtain Loans</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Eleven defendants – including two foreign nationals – were arrested today on a 15-count federal indictment charging them with executing a scheme in which they stole the identities of elderly victims, used that information to obtain title reports for residential properties, then solicited millions of dollars in hard money loans from private lenders by falsely [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Licensed Mortgage Loan Officer Charged with Fraud</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Jason Morales, 44, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has been indicted on six counts of bank fraud in a mortgage fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Morales concocted and executed a mortgage fraud scheme targeting a financial institution. To ensure that otherwise unqualified borrowers were approved for mortgage loans, Morales created fictitious and fraudulent paystubs and other [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent Lawyer Convicted of Mortgage Fraud</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[False Application]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thomas C. Goldstein, 55, Chevy Chase, Maryland, has been convicted for making false statements to mortgage lenders, tax evasion, assisting with preparing false tax returns, willfully failing to timely pay taxes. According to evidence presented at trial, between 2016 and 2023, Goldstein served as sole owner of Goldstein &#38; Russell, P.C., a boutique law firm [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrests Made on Complaint for Fraudulently Selling $1.5 Million Home Owned by Victim</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraudulent Documents]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Glenis Cardona, 63, Highland, CA, a licensed real estate broker who operates an escrow business , Ivan Reyes, 50, Van Nuys, California and  Arshak Akopyan, a.k.a. “John Akopyan,” 46, Northridge, California were arrested today on a federal criminal complaint alleging they fraudulently sold a $1.5 million Burbank house – whose owner had his home sold [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Double-Dealing Duo Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraudulent loan applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straw Buyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Roberta Leigh Dawson, aka Bird, 63, formerly of Alexandria and current resident of Norlina, North Carolina, and Edward Fitzgerald, 59, Fairfax, Virginia, two former financial services specialists were sentenced for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud affecting financial institutions relating to their unlawful use of client information to obtain loans. According to court documents, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[occupancy fraud]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Ken Yiu, 49, of New York City, New York, pleaded guilty today to submitting a false mortgage loan application and maintaining a marijuana-involved premises. According to court records, Yiu, purchased a house in Saint Albans, New York, using an $80,000 residential mortgage loan he obtained from a Maine bank. To receive the funding, Yiu submitted [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Title Company Owner Sentenced for Embezzlement</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Yasko, 46, Winter Springs, was sentenced for embezzlement. According to court documents, Yasko owned or controlled various title companies that conducted real estate settlement services and issued title insurance policies on behalf of title insurance underwriters. Each of Yasko’s title companies was required to deposit the funds it received from the lenders, buyers, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Mayor and Associate Convicted of Mortgage Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.mortgagefraudblog.com/former-mayor-and-associate-convicted-of-mortgage-fraud/</link>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Sale Fraud]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Nathaniel Anderson, 59, New Jersey, a town councilman and the former Mayor of Willingboro, New Jersey, and his business associate Chrisone D. Anderson, 58, Sicklerville, New Jersey, were found guilty yesterday of mortgage fraud in connection with a fraudulent short sale of real estate According to documents filed in this case and the evidence at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Men Plead Guilty to Mortgage Fraud</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Tony Liang, 37, Brooklyn, New York, and Yongliang Deng, 35, Queens, New York, pleaded guilty today in to conspiring to defraud Maine banks of mortgage funding to buy houses used to illegally cultivate marijuana. According to court records, Liang orchestrated the conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over half a million dollars in residential mortgage loans from two [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Sentenced For Role In Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://www.mortgagefraudblog.com/woman-sentenced-for-role-in-mortgage-fraud-conspiracy/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Angel Jackson, 45, Astatula, Florida, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to court documents, Jackson and others conspired to create and execute a mortgage fraud scheme targeting financial institutions. To ensure that otherwise unqualified borrowers obtained mortgage loans from financial institutions, Jackson created fictitious [&#8230;]]]></description>
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