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		<title>Woman Pleads Guilty for Role in Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kimberly Williams, 44, Orlando, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for her role in Mortgage Fraud. According to court documents, Williams, co-conspirator Kenneth Blair, and others conspired to create and execute a mortgage fraud scheme directed at financial institutions. To ensure that otherwise unqualified borrowers obtained mortgage loans from financial institutions, Williams created [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Employee Charged With Fraudulently Obtaining VA-Backed Mortgage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Schleider Aristhyl, 30, Warwick, Rhode Island., a military veteran and a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee, has been arrested and charged for allegedly committing wire fraud and submitting false statements in a mortgage application seeking a mortgage backed by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA). Aristhyl was charged with wire fraud and false statement in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Man Charged with Mortgage Fraud</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yan Daniel Inclan Hernandez 32, Orlando, Florida, has been charged by indictment with one count of making a false Statement to a financial institution and three counts of wire fraud. According to the indictment, in September of 2021, Hernandez made a false statement on a mortgage loan application submitted to a financial institution claiming $12,350 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Former D.C. Housing Authority Employee Pleads Guilty to $15 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Richard Cunningham, 55, a former D.C. Housing Authority employee turned real estate developer residing in the District of Columbia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in connection with a scheme to defraud private mortgage lenders of more than $15 million. Cunningham pleaded guilty today before Judge Trevor N. McFadden to charges of false statements to a mortgage lending business According to court documents, beginning in or about August 2020 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Former Mayor Sentenced to Prison For Mortgage Fraud in Connection with Fraudulent Short Sale</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nathaniel Anderson, 59, a town councilman and the former Mayor of Willingboro, New Jersey, was sentenced to prison for committing mortgage fraud in connection with a fraudulent short sale of real estate. According to documents filed in this case and the evidence at trial: From March 2015 through June 2017, Nathaniel Anderson and Chrisone Anderson, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>11 Arrested on Charges They Used Stolen Identities to Fraudulently Obtain Loans</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie Abbott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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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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