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Brian Ragauckas, 37, Secaucus, N.J., A former Jersey City, N.J., police officer admitted today to making false and fraudulent statements in an application to obtain a Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgage for the purchase of a Jersey City property.  Ragauckas pleaded guilty to an information charging him with making false and fraudulent statements within the

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Latoya Travis, 38, Hammond, Indiana, pled guilty before Senior Judge Rudy Lozano to counts one and two of an indictment charging her with making false statements in a loan application, and aggravated identity theft.

These charges were filed as the result of an investigation by United States Postal Inspection Service. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Gary Bell.

The United States Attorney’s

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John Jackson, 42, Hamden, Connecticut, was sentenced by United States District Judge Christopher F. Droney in Hartford to six months of home confinement and two years of probation for participating in a mortgage fraud scheme. Judge Droney also ordered Jackson to pay restitution in the amount of $100,000.

According to court documents and statements made in court, in

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Shamika M. Coleman, 33, Swansea, Illinois, was indicted for making a false statement on a loan or credit application, making a false statement during a renewal application for federal food stamp benefits, and making a false statement during a renewal for federal housing benefits.

The indictment alleges that Shamika M. Coleman under reported her income and bank deposits

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Manuel Ruiz Quiroz, 43, Miami, Florida has been convicted of two counts of mail fraud in connection with his submission of false documents in his applications for mortgages to refinance and purchase two homes, one at 352 SW Lakehurst Drive and the other at 866 SW Curry StreetContinue Reading...

Christopher B. Maselli, 38, North Providence, Rhode Island, a real estate attorney, has been indicted on charges he falsified bank and federal tax documents, and lied about his income and assets, in obtaining more than 1.5 million dollars in mortgages.

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Melva Massey, 29, Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with making false statements to obtain three home mortgages within a three month period.

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D’Von Massey, 37, Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with making false statements to obtain three home mortgages within a three month period.

According to Massey’s plea agreement, between June 2007 and September 2007, Massey and others submitted three mortgage applications

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Francis Alan Schmitz, also known as “F. Alan Schmitz,”58, Long Grove, Illinois, was arrested on federal charges alleging that he fraudulently obtained a $2.85 million bank line of credit year resulting in a loss of approximately $2.4 million. The defendant, Francis Alan Schmitz, a former bank executive, allegedly provided false financial information in seeking bank funds

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Gary T. Johnson, 60, Groton, Connecticut, has been found guilty of four counts of wire fraud and two counts of engaging in illegal monetary transactions while operating his former mortgage lending business.

As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud Blog and according to the evidence presented during

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