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Mortgage Fraud

$2M Scheme: 6 Steal Property Deeds, Obtain Fraudulent Loans In Westchester, DA Says $2M Scheme: 6 Steal Property Deeds, Obtain Fraudulent Loans In Westchester, DA Says
$2M Scheme: 6 Steal Property Deeds, Obtain Fraudulent Loans In Westchester, DA Says Six people, including a licensed real estate broker and salesperson, and a corporation, have been charged with defrauding homeowners in Westchester and fraudulently obtaining $2 million in loans by stealing property deeds, DA officials said.  The six defendants involved in the scheme, including three Westchester residents and a Long Island man, were arrested and arraigned in late June for their role in a scheme that allegedly defrauded homeowners in Yonkers and New Rochelle, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday, July 3.  According to officials, the…
Long Island Man Admits To $4.7M Mortgage-Fraud Scheme Long Island Man Admits To $4.7M Mortgage-Fraud Scheme
Long Island Man Admits To $4.7M Mortgage-Fraud Scheme An unlicensed mortgage broker on Long Island has admitted to his role in a multi-million dollar Ponzi-like scheme to defraud his clients, federal officials announced. Commack resident Brent Kaufman, age 50, pleaded guilty to stealing $4.7 million in mortgage refinancing proceeds that were meant to pay off the existing mortgages of his clients. Acting US Attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis said Kaufman worked as an unlicensed mortgage broker and assisted clients in Queens and Long Island with refinancing their mortgages. At the closing for a mortgage refinancing, the money from the new mortgage is …
Nassau County Man Accused Of Defrauding Owners Of Two Brownstones Nassau County Man Accused Of Defrauding Owners Of Two Brownstones
Nassau County Man Accused Of Defrauding Owners Of Two Brownstones A Long Island man is facing charges for allegedly scheming to steal a pair of brownstones, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced. Nassau County resident Joseph Makhani, age 58, of Kings Point, was arrested this week for alleged deed theft and mortgage fraud after defrauding the owners of the brownstones by using forged and falsified real estate documents. According to James, Makhani targeted the two Harlem brownstones using forged and falsified documents, numerous LLCs under his control, multiple property transfers, an unethical attorney, and abused court processe…
Long Island Man Sentenced In ‘Shotgun’ Mortgage Scheme That Cost Banks $9 Million Long Island Man Sentenced In ‘Shotgun’ Mortgage Scheme That Cost Banks $9 Million
Long Island Man Sentenced In ‘Shotgun’ Mortgage Scheme That Cost Banks $9 Million A Long Island man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for his role in a $9 million ‘shotgun’ mortgage scheme in New Jersey and New York. Yorce Yotagri, age 54, of Freeport, admitted last year that he partnered with Jorge Flores of Oakdale and Jose Piehrahita, also of Freeport, to secure several home equity lines of credit for the same properties and pocket the money before the lending banks found out, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. One of those properties was in Jersey City, a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Yotagri lived on another i…
Trio From Long Island, Queens Nabbed For Alleged Mortgage Fraud Scheme, Feds Say Trio From Long Island, Queens Nabbed For Alleged Mortgage Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
Trio From Long Island, Queens Nabbed For Alleged Mortgage Fraud Scheme, Feds Say Three men from Long Island and Queens have been charged in a civil complaint they allegedly engaged in a wide-ranging mortgage scheme to defraud the government.  The complaint, unsealed on Monday, Jan. 4, alleges that Nassau County resident Michael Konstantinovskiy, of Roslyn Heights, and Queens residents Iskyo Aronov, of Middle Village, Ron Borovinsky, of Hollis Hills, and the companies they owned or controlled, engaged in fraudulent short sales of residential properties insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), said Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern Distric…
Long Island Real Estate Agent Charged In $150,000 Mortgage Fraud Long Island Real Estate Agent Charged In $150,000 Mortgage Fraud
Long Island Real Estate Agent Charged In $150,000 Mortgage Fraud A Long Island real estate agent has been charged after his involvement in a $150,000 mortgage fraud, according to police. Officers with the County of Nassau Police Department say they arrested Rickie Roberts, 58, of North Valley Stream on Tuesday, Oct. 1 based on a mortgage fraud complaint made by two victims from Freeport on Saturday, Aug. 24. After an investigation by Nassau County Police Department Fraud and Forgery Unit and the New York State Department of Financial Services, it was determined that Roberts showed the victims multiple properties in Bethpage over the course of three years…
Long Island Resident Charged In Mortgage Fraud Scheme Long Island Resident Charged In Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Long Island Resident Charged In Mortgage Fraud Scheme A Long Island resident was among five real estate professionals facing charges for their roles in a scheme to defraud prominent mortgage lenders. An indictment was unsealed in Brooklyn federal court charging Iskyo Aronov, Michael Konstantinovskiy, Tomer Dafna, Avraham Tarshish and Michael Herskowitz with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and related wire fraud counts. Among those allegedly defrauded include the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and other borrowers. Konstantinovskiy, Dafna, Tarshish, and Herskowitz were arreste…
Long Island Man Sentenced For Swindling 32 Homeowners Out Of More Than $600K Long Island Man Sentenced For Swindling 32 Homeowners Out Of More Than $600K
Long Island Man Sentenced For Swindling 32 Homeowners Out Of More Than $600K A Long Island man will spend time behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing more than $600,000 from 32 homeowners as part of a mortgage modification scheme. Dix Hills resident Mark Savransky, 59, has been sentenced to a term of three to six years in prison for scamming the homeowners out of a total of $601,546.92, which he must also pay in restitution. Savransky pleaded guilty in October last year to two counts of second-degree grand larceny, felonies, and scheme to defraud, a misdemeanor. According to Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Savransky operated a mortgage modi…