A man with dual Irish and US citizenship was arraigned in Boston last week on federal fraud and identity-theft charges that could put him in prison for four decades after he spent six years trying and failing to convince Irish courts to let him stay in County Kildare. Read more.
By adamg - Sun, 11/12/2017 - 8:32pm
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By adamg - Wed, 06/01/2016 - 6:55pm
Arthur Samuels, who once ran Bank of America's Fields Corner branch, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison and ordered to pay $2.2 million in restitution for his role in Michael David Scott's scheme to suck money out of banks with fraudulent real-estate purchases in 2007 and 2008, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 11/24/2015 - 7:21am
Two Virginia residents who recruited bogus buyers in Michael David Scott's scheme to defraud banks in Dorchester and Roxbury condo deals have each been sentenced to two years in federal prison.
Jerrold Fowler, 31, and Thursa Raetz, 40, pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme earlier this year; they were sentenced last week in US District Court in Boston. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 11/12/2015 - 10:02pm
A federal judge today sentenced Michael David Scott, 51, of Mansfield, to 135 months in federal prison for his role in defrauding banks in a condo-flipping scheme as the local housing market went into decline.
In addition to his time behind bars, Scott was also ordered to repay $11.4 million in fraudulent payments and fork over another $7.4 million, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 11/05/2015 - 10:25pm
By adamg - Tue, 10/06/2015 - 6:38am
Michael Anderson, 46, of Framingham, was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his participation in a scheme to flip condos in Dorchester and Roxbury during the recession, the US Attorney's office reports. Read more.
By adamg - Fri, 09/21/2012 - 8:08am
A real-estate lawyer faces a lengthy stay in federal prison after a jury convicted him of 33 counts of wire fraud and 5 counts of money laundering for his role in a scheme to defraud lenders on the sale of condos in a Dorchester building in 2006 and 200
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By adamg - Mon, 11/01/2010 - 12:26pm
A Canton real-estate broker was indicted last week on eight counts of wire fraud in connection with two buildings he owned in Dorchester, the US Attorney's office reports.
By adamg - Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:37pm
The US Attorney's office in Boston today named Michael R.
By adamg - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 11:05pm
Chris Lovett examines some interesting real-estate deals of late.
