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Published On: August 1, 2012
Mortgage Fraud Lawsuits

Second-Quarter 2012 Mortgage Litigation Index

Big cases involving mortgage fraud, flipping, identity theft and inflated appraisals where a lender employee is involved..

Defendant
Plaintiff
Court
Amount
Overview
Case Title
Case Number
Date Filed Date of Activity Link to Story
Marcos Echevarria, Louis Gendason, John Incandela,  Kimberly Mackey United States of America na $2,500,000 Defendants indefinitely debarred by HUD. na na na 4/17/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/ReverseFraud041712.asp
CHARLES W. CADRECHA, II, an individual; EOS LENDING SERVICES, LLC, a Florida corporation; OIG TITLE & ESCROW, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; THOMAS A. ROCHA, an individual; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants Real Estate Mortgage Network, Inc., a New Jersey corporation,  Plaintiff U.S. District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division na Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment granted. REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., a New Jersey corporation, Plaintiff,  v. CHARLES W. CADRECHA, II, an individual; EOS LENDING SERVICES, LLC, a Florida corporation; OIG TITLE & ESCROW, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; THOMAS A. ROCHA, an individual; and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Defendants 8:11-cv-474-T-30AEP na 4/30/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/AppraisalLawsuits2q2012.asp
CoreLogic Valuation Service (fka eAppraiseIT) Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. U.S. District Court for the Central District of California na $16 million breach of contract claim dismissed. na na 5/9/2011 4/25/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/ClosingCorelogicAmc050912.asp
eAppraiseIT, First American Corp. State of New York U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals of New York, Supreme Court of New York na Supreme Court declined to review trial court decision that was alreaded affirmed by state appeals court. Trial was scheduled for June 11. na na 11/1/2007 4/16/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/ClosingCorelogicAmc050912.asp
First American eAppraiseIT(a/k/a eAprraiseIT, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant Felton A. Spears, Jr., Sidney Scholl, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division na Class certification granted. FELTON A. SPEARS, JR., SIDNEY SCHOLL, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,  v.  FIRST AMERICAN EAPPRAISEIT (a/k/a eAprraiseIT, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant. C-08-00868 RMW na 4/25/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/AppraisalLawsuits2q2012.asp
Bank of America na na na Settlement reached with whistleblower Kyle W. Lagow. na na na May www.mortgagedaily.com/WhistleBlowers052912.asp
Totalbank, a Florida Corporation, Banco Popular De Espana, a Foreign Corporation, Renato Salazar, individually, Benigno Pazos, individually, Ramon Rodriguez AJR Investment Corp., JAK Holdings Group, LLC., John Herrera, P.A., John Herrera, ESQ., individually, Anouk Herrera, individually, Teresa Herrera, Individually Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade county, Florida $1,669,500 Amended complaint filed. AJR Investment Corp., JAK Holdings Group, LLC., John Herrera, P.A., John Herrera, ESQ., individually, Anouk Herrera, individually, Teresa Herrera, Individually, Plaintiff, vs. Totalbank, a Florida Corporation, Banco Popular De Espana, a Foreign Corporation, Renato Salazar, individually, Benigno Pazos, individually, Ramon Rodriguez, individually 2011-13491-CA-01 4/30/2012 4/30/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/FraudLitigation012913.asp
The Lending Company, Wells Fargo Funding, RJ Reynolds  Margaret Galas U.S. District Court na Class-action lawsuit filed. na na June June www.mortgagedaily.com/FraudLitigation012913.asp
Philip Villasis United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia $216,000 33-month sentence. na na na 6/18/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFirms062512.asp
Reginald R. Harper United States of America $2,000,000 Defendant entered guilty plea. na na na 4/26/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal052112.asp
Jeremy C. Churchill United States of America na $13,100,000 Pled guilty, sentencing set for Aug. 24. na na na 5/9/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal052112.asp
Koljo Nikolovski United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio $5,600,000 18-year sentence. na na na 5/11/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks072512.asp
Abacus Federal Savings Bank, Yiu Wah Wong, Wai Hung Tam, Victoria Tsui Yi Yi Zhao, Andy Chen, Wen Fang Wang, Ying Chuan Wang, Jie Qiong Nan, Chi Fung Lau, Phoebe Lee, Qibin Yu, Ruo Lan Chen, Lien Quach, Xiaomin Huang, Yim Cheng, Jin Hua Zhang, Wai Ching Wong, Yuk Yin Lam Cheng, Michelle Wong Li Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance na “hundreds of millions of dollars” Defendant indicted along with former executives, loan originators and employees for defrauding Fannie Mae. na na 5/31/2012 5/31/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/IndictmentAbacus053112.asp
Joseph W. Traxler Centennial Mortgage and Funding Inc. na $5,395,923 Defendant sentenced. na na na Q2 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal052112.asp

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