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Former Tampa area real estate professional sentenced to 24 months for money laundering conspiracy
March 24, 2023 — U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Frank Sebastian Visicaro to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Visicaro to pay restitution in the amount of $1,088,440, the proceeds of funds laundered through bank accounts he controlled. Visicaro had pleaded guilty on December 9, 2021.
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Raleigh woman pleads guilty to using her real estate business to fraudulently obtain PPP loan
May 11, 2023 — Shakeerah Kaneisha Yvette Vinson pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Act ("PPP") COVID-19 loan for her real estate broker business. She faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Vancouver real estate developer sentenced to federal prison for fraudulently obtaining Covid-relief funds, laundering proceeds
Feb. 9, 2024 — A real estate developer and part-time resident of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently obtaining Covid-relief program funds and laundering a portion of the proceeds while on federal supervised release for a previous fraud conviction.
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Real estate developer sentenced for investment fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion schemes
July 31, 2023 — Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert V. Matthews, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy, money laundering, and tax evasion offenses related to multiple schemes that defrauded investors and financial institutions out of tens of millions of dollars.
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Metro attorney and metro real estate broker charged in "ghost licensing" scheme to facilitate black-market marijuana operations
April 10, 2024 — Today, an eight-count indictment was unsealed, charging Matthew Alan Stacy of Blanchard, Chong Iu Phu and Chanh Iu Phu both of Edmond, for their roles in facilitating the black-market marijuana industry in Oklahoma, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
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Former real estate developer sentenced to more than 5 years in fraud scheme involving Daufuskie Island Resort
August 5, 2022 — James Thomas Bramlette, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced to more than five years in federal prisons after pleading guilty to wire and tax fraud.
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Central Coast man previously charged in bribery scheme faces new charges relating to real estate deal
December 21, 2023 — An executive at a San Luis Obispo-based real estate development company who was previously charged with paying a county supervisor nearly $100,000 in bribes has been named in a superseding indictment that alleges a scheme to defraud investors in a Texas real estate project, the Justice Department announced today.
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Two real estate developers convicted of conspiring to embezzle millions from the failed Washington Federal Bank in Chicago
September 25, 2023 — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted two real estate developers of participating in a conspiracy that embezzled millions of dollars from the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago.
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Connecticut real estate agent sentenced to prison for defrauding clients in long running short sale fraud scheme
Oct. 7, 2024 — A real estate agent was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a multiyear scheme to defraud his clients by engaging in fraudulent short sales of government and bank-owned properties to straw buyers acting at the direction of the defendant and a co-conspirator.
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Chinese national real estate developer appears in court to face charges of bribing a prominent San Francisco public official
July 19, 2023 — Zhang Li, founder and chief executive officer of a Chinese real estate development company appeared last night in U.S. District Court on charges that he bribed former head of the San Francisco Department of Public Works Mohammed Nuru, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Robbins, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (CI) Special Agent in Charge Darren Lian, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. A U.S. company that Zhang controls, Z&L Properties, Inc., was also charged with honest services wire fraud for providing bribes and gifts to Nuru in exchange for favorable city treatment of Z&L Properties’ mixed-use project at 555 Fulton Street in San Francisco, Calif. As part of a negotiated disposition both Zhang and Z&L Properties will waive the right to indictment and admit that they engaged in certain conduct.
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