Blake Floyd Cozzens of Cedar City, Utah, was sentenced today to 25 months’ imprisonment for wire fraud and bank fraud for embezzling money from homeowners associations (HOAs), property owners, and tenants, as well as fraudulently obtaining money from a bank and a...
Matthew Thomas Onofrio, a Minnesota real estate investor who previously worked as a nurse anesthetist, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for carrying out a $420 million bank fraud scheme. According to the charges against him, Onofrio used online...
A pair of Mexican nationals were arrested for fraudulently selling San Diego properties they did not own. According to the charges brought against them, Victor Hugo Villalobos Almazan and Nayeli Noemi Montoya Rodriguez pretended to be the owners of vacant or...
The former CEO of Florida’s East Polk County Association of Realtors (EPCAR) was arrested on grand theft charges. According to charges brought by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Jennifer Garula-Mers was hired by EPCAR in July 2020 with an annual salary of about...
A Florida businessman was sentenced to 46 months in prison for defrauding clients in four states through loan agreements to finance construction projects and then causing more than $8 million in victim losses by misappropriating funds. David Ingram, 73, previously...