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Disgraced Bergen Developer Spared Federal Prison In $4 Million Loan Scheme Disgraced Bergen Developer Spared Federal Prison In $4 Million Loan Scheme
Disgraced Bergen Developer Spared Federal Prison In $4 Million Loan Scheme Bergen County developer James Demetrakis was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation and ordered to pay a $75,000 fine by a federal judge for helping longtime associate Fred Dabies illegally obtain millions of dollars in bank loans. Demetrakis, 79, admitted in U.S. District Court earlier this year that he and Dabies, his former business partner, conspired to skirt limits on how much in loans any individual can receive. His April guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to make false entries to deceive a financial institution appeared to bolster the government’s case against Dabies, who was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud
Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud An Englewood business consultant directed employees to pose as applicants, list fake jobs and artificially boost income information as part of a widespread conspiracy to illegally secure more than $4 million in bank loans, federal authorities charged. As funding director for Cash Flow Partners, a business consulting firm in Saddle Brook, Jennie Frias, 36, had employees “pose as loan applicants when communicating with the victim banks,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Cash Flow published online ads and held seminars offering customers help in obtaining FDIC-insured bank loans, Car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fred Daibes' Englewood Associate Pleads Guilty In Multimillion Dollar Loan Fraud Fred Daibes' Englewood Associate Pleads Guilty In Multimillion Dollar Loan Fraud
Fred Daibes' Englewood Associate Pleads Guilty In Multimillion Dollar Loan Fraud A real-estate developer admitted he lied to government regulators in order to obtain millions in bank loans, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday.  James Demetrakis, a 79-year-old Englewood resident, was accused of working with his longtime business partner, Fred Daibes, to get loans in excess of what was permitted under banking guidelines. Daibes was also the founder and former chairman of Mariner's Bank, which handled the loans.  Between 2008 and 2013, authorities say Daibes and Demetrakis conspired to get around limits on how much an individual could receive in loans by arran…

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by Paul Milo