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Published On: July 11, 2013
Criminal Lawsuits

First-Quarter 2013 Mortgage Litigation Index

Litigation based on credit reporting and other credit issues.

Defendant
Plaintiff
Court
Amount
Overview
Case Title
Case Number
Date Filed Date of Activity Link to Story
Adam Lacerda, Ashley R. Lacerda, Ian Resnick, Steven Cox, Francis Santore, Joseph Diventi, Alfred Giordano, Brian Corley, Joseph Saxon, Genevieve Manzoni, Eric Reilly United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey na Six indicted on Jan. 23. Reilly pled guilty on Jan. 30. na na 1/23/2013 1/30/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalDebtSchemes040413.asp
Dean Counce United States of America U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida $12,774,102 Sentenced to 97 months. na na na 2/20/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Wesley Alvin Snyder United States of America U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania $25,000,000 Request to overturn guilty plea and sentence denied. na na na 1/25/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalDebtSchemes040413.asp
Wilbur Tate III United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut  na Court appearance. na na na 2/27/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Armando Ruben Aleman United States of America U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas $190,000 Indicted. na na 2/6/2013 2/6/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Barbara Kaye Rechtzigel United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota $1,013,018 Sentenced to 24 months. na na na 1/16/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
CAROL ANN FERRARO United States of America U.S. District Court for the Central District of California $968,000 Sentenced to 30 months. U.S.A. v. CAROL ANN FERRARO 5:12-CR-00059-VAP na 3/8/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Denise A. Lewandowski, na na $103,578 Guilty plea. na na na Jan. 2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Ignacio Morales United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania $2,300,000 Sentenced to 90 months. na na na 1/25/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Pamela Emig United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas $817,000 Sentenced to 36 months. na na na 2/11/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Susan Emily Jones United States of America U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida $824,302 Guilty plea. na na na 1/16/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Vonetta Jordan United States of America U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi $117,883 Guilty plea. na na na 2/19/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Jeffrey R. Goodell United States of America U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington $917,204 Sentenced to 4 years. na na na 2/25/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Kenneth J. Enrico United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia $1,200,000 Arrainged. na na 2/19/2013 3/4/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Armando Granillo United States of America na $11,200 Arrested. na na Mar. 2013 Mar. 2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/MctFannieKickbacks053013.asp,
http://oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/IndictmentFannie032913.asp
Gary Dimattia State of Nevada District Court, Clark County, State of Nevada na No contest plea. The State of Nevada, Plaintiff, vs. Gary Dimattia, d/b/a/ Financial Link Services, Lawrence Bateman Jr. Defendants C-12-283462-1 8/15/2012 3/6/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalDebtSchemes040413.asp
Gary Trafford, Geraldine Sheppard na Clark County District Court na Charges thrown out by judge. na na Nov. 2011 Q1 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/MctLPS030713.asp
Gilbert Chung United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California na Guilty plea. na na na 2/5/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Lorraine Brown State of Michigan na na Guilty plea. na na na 2/12/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Peter McDonough, Michael Renquist United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California na Plea agreement reached. na na 3/7/2013 3/7/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Ronald Vernon Cupp, Randall Gilbert Heyden, Angelle Wertz State of California Superior Court of California na Arrested. In re. Ronald Vernon Cupp, Randall Gilbert Heyden, Angelle Wertz na na 1/23/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalDebtSchemes040413.asp
Samer Salami Wayne County Michigan na na Charges filed. na na 1/16/2013 1/16/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Allison McClellan United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama $308,554 Sentenced to 6 months. na na na 3/14/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Anthony Raguz, Zrino Jukic (24 total) United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio $72,500,000 Raguz sentenced to 37 months. na na na 1/10/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Eric Morton United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan $750,000 Guilty plea. na na na 3/26/2013 http://oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks051413.asp
Joel Blanford United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California $1,000,000 Sentenced to 30 months. na na na Feb. 2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
John Cooper Bolt Jr. United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina $900,000 Guilty plea. na na na 2/26/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Lewis Whoolery, Kenneth Cowden, Kimberly Baldwin, Jeannette Gray, Jason Sheraw, Lawrence Kraynak, Daniel O’Connor, Mark Hipsley, Daniel Gillen, Shawn Cupp Elizabeth Drake. John Polosky  United States of America U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania  $100,000,000 Whoolery convicted. na na na 1/29/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/FraudConvictionFirstCap013013.asp
Shawn L. Portmann, Sonja Lightfoot, Alice Barney, Jeanette Salsi, Jill Reding, Tonya Ruf, Katherine Friske United States of America U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington $10,000,000 10-year sentence for Portmann. na na na 1/28/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/FraudLitigation012913.asp
Gregory William Bell United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado $5,600,000 Guilty plea. na na na 2/5/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Aubrey Lee Price United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York na Charged by federal grand jury. na na na 1/25/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Frederick Darren Berg United States of America na $245,000,000 Motion to overturn sentencing filed. na na na Feb. 2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Richard Thomas Gregg United States of America U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri na Indictment unsealed. na na 2/28/2013 2/28/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminalBanks040413.asp
Jesse C. Litvak United States of America na $2,000,000 Indicted. na na 1/25/2013 1/25/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal040413.asp
Edward J. Woodard Jr., Simon Hounslow, Stephen G. Fields, Troy Brandon Woodard, Thomas E. Arney, Dwight A. Etheridge, Eric H. Menden, George P. Hranowskyj, Natallia Green, Maria Pukhova, Jeremy C. Churchill, Recardo S. Lewis United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia $268,000,000 Trial held in Bank of the Commonwealth case.. In re. Bank of Commonwealth na March 2012 Mar. 2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/MctTrialTBrandonWoodard032913.asp,
oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/MctLawsuitCommonwealth052413.asp
Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration, Division of Finance, Appellant Roy Garozzo, Respondent Supreme Court of Missouri, Circuit Court of St. Louis County na State circuit court order issue mortgage license to applicant with felony record reversed. Roy Garozzo, Respondent, vs. Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration, Division of Finance, Appellant SC92152 na 1/29/2013 oldwww.mortgagedaily.com/AppealMoLicense013013.asp

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