Mortgage Daily

Published On: September 24, 2012
Mortgage Fraud Lawsuits
First-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
Daniel J. Nichter na Franklin County Court na Defendant sentenced for fraud and ID theft. na na na 1/13/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/MctFraudAppraiser011412.asp
CoreLogic Valuation Service (fka eAppraiseIT) Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. U.S. District Court for the Central District of California na Second amended complaint filed. na na 5/9/2011 2/16/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/ClosingCorelogicAmc050912.asp
Bank of America Corp., Countrywide Financial Corp. Department of Housing and Urban Development U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York $1,000,000,000 Settlement. na na na 2/9/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/SettlementBoaFraud020912.asp
Norton Helton, Charles White, Felicia Ford United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois na Helton sentenced to 15 years prison. na na na 1/18/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureAttorneys032812.asp
Paige Kinney U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona $38,745,215 Sentenced to 15 years prison. In re. Paige Kinney CR-10-796-PHX-NVW; CR 11-491-PHX-NVW na 3/7/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal052112.asp
Kelsey Torrey Hull, Jonathan Alfred Kimpson, James Michael Green, Herbert Bush, Wilbur “Sonny” Letak and Kevin Claude Barnett United States of America U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia na Defendants sentenced. na na na 2/23/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal030612.asp
Susan A. Curtis, Kevin W. Caffrey, Gary Stocking Jr. United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut $7,449,000 Curtis sentenced to 102 months prison. na na na 3/29/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal052112.asp
Anthony J. DeMarco III, Michael Richard Roberts, Sean Ryan McBride, Eric Bascove United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania $30,000,000 Guilty plea by DeMarco. na na na 3/20/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Charles Donaldson, Mary Anne Dean United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland $4,700,000 Donaldson sentenced to 41 months prison. Dean previously sentenced. na na na 3/8/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Kathleen Harps United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia  na Sentenced to 54 months prison. na na na 1/26/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Marlon Baugh United States of America U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida na Sentenced to 1 year prison. na na na 1/27/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Michael Prieto na na $13,000,000 Arraignment. na na na 3/27/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Philip Villasis, Ray D. Gata United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia  $170,000 Defendants have pleaded guilty. n na na 3/13/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Warren Jackson, Yolanda King State of Illinois na $350,000 Arrested and indicted. na na na 1/20/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationForeclosureFraud032812.asp
Andrew Kissel, et al Hudson Valley Bank Supreme Court of Connecticut $404,000 Supreme Court affirmed Appeals Court decision to award funds to First American. HUDSON VALLEY BANK, v. ANDREW M. KISSEL ET AL SC 18547 na 2/7/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationTitle031712.asp
Joseph Guernsey, Benedict “Gus” Olberding, Melissa Butterworth United States of America U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina $760,000 Defendants seek shorter sentences because lender sold fraudulent loan to MBS investors and lost nothing. na na na Feb. 2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/MctFraudMbs021912.asp
Reginald R. Harper, Troy A. Fouquet United States of America U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana $2,000,000 Defendants charged with fraud. na na 2/15/2012 2/15/2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/LitigationCriminal030612.asp
CitiMortgage Inc. United States of America na $158,300,000 Settlement reached na na na Feb. 2012 www.mortgagedaily.com/Whistleblowers031412.asp
www.mortgagedaily.com/MctCitiWhistleblower022612.asp
www.mortgagedaily.com/SettlementCitiHud021512.asp

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