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Dawn Raimo-Whitemiller, an insurance broker at Raimo Insurance, pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Chicago, IL, to wire fraud. Steven Lucas, the former sales coordinator for Dollars Express (DE), an FHA 203K general contractor, and DE office manager Robert Bronke were each sentenced to 3 years probation and ordered to pay First Tennessee Bank $349,000 in restitution for their earlier guilty pleas to wire fraud. The above defendants and others defrauded HUD and First Tennessee Bank by recruiting straw buyers and falsifying completed work orders to facilitate the release of contracting escrow funds on more than 70 FHA-insured 203K mortgaged properties. HUD realized losses in excess of $4.1 million.

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In Buffalo, NY, Washington Mutual Home Loans agreed to pay HUD $363,917 for violating the terms of its 2001 civil settlement agreement. Washington Mutual Home Loans submitted seven FHA-insured mortgage claims on loans previously indemnified causing HUD losses of $264,917.

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Anthony James, a former loan officer at Park Place Mortgage and Top Elite Financial, pled guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit, MI, to false pretenses greater than $20,000. James personally closed four FHA reverse equity loans of elderly recipients and retained approximately $209,000 of the loan proceeds.

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Stephen White, a school teacher in Long Beach, CA, entered into a civil settlement agreement with the United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, CA, and agreed to repay HUD $60,000. White purchased a HUD-owned property through the Officer/ Teacher Next Door program (O/TND), falsely certified his residency at the property and leased the property before reselling the property and realizing a substantial profit.

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John Henry Davis, a licensed real estate agent and lieutenant at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, CA, was sentenced in U.S. District Court, Los Angeles, CA, to 5 years probation and 6 months home confinement, fined $10,000, and ordered to pay trial expenses for his earlier conviction for attempting to corruptly influence a witness. Davis hid his nonresidency at the O/TND property and attempted to influence the testimony of a witness/tenant.

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Lamont Harris, a former Norfolk public schools guidance counselor, pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Norfolk, VA, to making false statements to HUD. Harris purchased a HUD-owned property through the O/TND program, renovated and leased the property to others, then falsely certified that the O/TND property was his sole and principal residence.

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Francisco S. Renteria, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent and current Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supervisory immigration officer, was indicted in U.S. District Court, El Paso, TX, for false statements to HUD. Renteria allegedly falsified his HUD Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) program application and annual certifications by failing to claim previously owned residential properties or actual residency in the GNND property. HUD realized a loss of approximately $57,000.

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Real estate consultant Donovan Gilpin, doing business as Pre Amble Properties, and realtor Rohan A. Johnson, also known as Ato Ra Ajah El, each pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Central Islip, NY, to theft of government property or conspiracy to commit mail fraud and convert and convey property owned by HUD without authority. Gilpin and Johnson, members of an antigovernment Moorish rights group, filed fraudulent real estate deeds transferring the ownership of three HUD-owned, one VA-owned, and one bank-owned property to Pre Amble Properties; illegally resided in two HUD properties; then sold the bank property to an unsuspecting buyer and

attempted to sell a HUD- and VA-owned property to undercover operatives for $550,000. The fraudulent deeds prevented HUD from selling its properties to legitimate buyers and banks from deeding foreclosed properties to HUD.

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Nadine Sackor, also known as Nadine Taylor, a former loan officer at USA Home Mortgage Corporation, was indicted in Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago, IL, for theft and forgery. Sackor allegedly collected and retained $280,000 in loan origination fees earmarked for her employer, then used more than $50,000 of the stolen funds to purchase at least three HUD REO properties.

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Byron Fitchpatrick, owner of ABS Rentals, was sentenced in U.S. District Court,

Wichita, KS, to 60 months incarceration and 36 months supervised release, fined $1,000,

and issued a permanent government-wide debarment for his earlier guilty plea to conspiracy to commit fraud against HUD. Fitchpatrick used proceeds from illicit drug sales to purchase HUD-owned properties as an owner/occupant through previously indicted conspirators Shatanya Fitchpatrick (also known as Shatanya Douglas), Manjur Alam, Kathleen Fitchpatrick, Deverell Jones, or Demond Reed, then stored illegal drugs at the homes prior to renting or reselling the properties.

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Kweku Fortune was sentenced in Kings County State Court, Brooklyn, NY, to 172 months incarceration, fined $45,000, and ordered to pay the State of New York $45,000 in restitution for his earlier conviction of grand larceny. Fortune, impersonating a HUD- approved real estate broker, attempted to sell HUD-owned and other properties, then retained $55,000 of prospective buyers' downpayments.

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Real estate investor Dariusz Przybylek and former HUD-approved appraiser Erwin Espe each pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Chicago, IL, to wire fraud. Przybylek attempted to use a straw buyer to purchase a HUD-owned property for 150 percent of the HUD-appraised value by submitting an inflated appraisal, fraudulent contractor affidavits, and false loan documents in an effort to facilitate his receipt of $113,000 for property rehabilitation through a straw contractor; Espe provided the fraudulent appraisal for Przybylek.

Chapter 2

HUD’s Public and Indian