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Nine Sentenced in Alaska’s Largest Mortgage Fraud Investigation

Lance Lockard 34, Anchorage, Alaska was sentenced to 70 months in prison for his leadership of a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme. Lockard was the lead defendant and ninth and last defendant to be sentenced for his role in the largest mortgage fraud investigation in Alaska's history. In total, nine individuals and one corporate defendant were convicted and sentenced for

Thursday, June 26 2008 06:21

Alaska Announces It Role In Operation Malicious Mortgage

In the past 22 months the U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged 17 individuals and one company with committing mortgage fraud schemes. Eight of them have been convicted and 10 cases are awaiting trial. Just this week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the sentence of Karoush Partow. As previously

Wednesday, June 18 2008 03:46

Former Real Estate Agent Gets Probation

Michael John Sorensen, Jr., 40, Anchorage, Alaska, a former real estate agent and broker with ReMax Properties, Inc., was sentenced to three years of probation and a $60,000 fine for defrauding mortgage lenders. As previously reported by

Wednesday, March 26 2008 03:39

Real Estate Agent Admits Scheme

Michael John Sorensen, Jr., 40, Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty to wire fraud associated with kickbacks he received from home sales in Anchorage, Alaska. In connection with the guilty plea, Assistant United States Attorney Retta Randall advised the court that

Monday, October 22 2007 05:18

Anchorage Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud

Azem Limani, Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment for violations of wire fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property related to a mortgage fraud scheme involving properties in Achorage, Alaska.

Wednesday, September 05 2007 04:45

Alaskan Woman Sentenced for Loan Application Misrepresentations

Tequisha M. Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court to 37 months in prison for her conviction on one count of forgery, one count of computer fraud and one count of bank fraud. Additionally, Johnson is ordered to pay $160,846.68 in restitution and serve five years of supervised release upon her release from prison.

Wednesday, August 29 2007 05:52

Alaskan Branch Manager Sentenced for Falsifying Information

Kourosh Partow, Chugiak, Alaska, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to 25 months imprisonment and a $50,000 fine for his conviction on two counts of wire fraud arising from a scheme to falsify information on mortgage loans originated by him while acting as a branch manager for the Anchorage offices of Countrywide Home Loans and American Home Mortgage.

Wednesday, April 04 2007 06:10

Three Defendants Plead Guilty in Alaska Flipping Scheme

Bekim Hasipi, 35, Anchorage, Alaska, Robin Dorman, 31, Anchorage, Alaska and Jan Marquiss, 59, Anchorage, Alaska, each pled guilty to one count of wire fraud for making false statements in mortgage loan applications. Each defendant acted as a straw borrower, taking out loans in their names for the benefit of

Wednesday, January 10 2007 03:55

Alaska Originator Indicted for Mortgage Fraud with Stated Income Documentation

Kourash Partow, Azem Limani, Bekim Hasipi, Robin Dorman, Dzevid Limani, Agim Delolli and Jan Marquiss were indicted for a mortgage scheme in Anchorage, Alaska that involved straw buyers, inflated property values and "flipping" of 11 properties, some multiple times. The total value of the 14 loans alleged in this

Tuesday, February 22 2005 06:37

Alaska Fraudster may suffer from Bipolar Disorder

Becky Nadine Hunter, 47, Fairbanks, Alaska pleaded guilty to more than 20 federal charges after a five-year FBI investigation that exposed myriad elaborate schemes to defraud employers, a mortgage company, nonprofit organizations and the government. Sentencing has been delayed pending further medical testimony as to whether Hunter

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