October 24, 2012
Associated PressThe top federal prosecutor in Manhattan sued Bank of America for more than $1 billion on Wednesday for mortgage fraud against
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during the years around the financial crisis.
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March 14, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinA Zionsville man who pushed real-estate investing schemes has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty
to wire fraud and money laundering.
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March 31, 2011
Scott OlsonThe complaint, filed in Marion Superior Court, follows a similar suit that was dismissed in federal court. Bank of America
and its Countrywide unit are accused of using perjured affidavits to foreclose on homes.
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November 18, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis is suing some of the nation’s largest financial institutions to recover losses
on a $3 billion portfolio of mortgage-backed securities.
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July 16, 2010
Associated PressTodd Leary of Carmel pleaded guilty in court Thursday to a felony charge of misappropriating title insurance escrow funds.
His agreement with prosecutors calls for him to face up to three years in prison, with that cut in half if he pays nearly
$295,000 in restitution.
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May 4, 2010
Louis Simpson bilked investors of $948,500 by claiming to operate a program with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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April 7, 2010
A business owner and three people allegedly involved in a large mortgage fraud scheme face prison sentences for failing to
report income or file certain tax forms.
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January 5, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressRobert A. Penn, 44, of Naples, Fla., received seven years in prison and was ordered to pay more than $11 million in restitution.
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November 10, 2009
Cory SchoutenA federal judge has ordered an Indianapolis man to serve 37 months in prison and pay $1.7 million in restitution for his role
in a massive mortgage fraud scheme.
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July 9, 2009
IBJ StaffA Noblesville man was sentenced to one year of home detention yesterday after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud in federal
court. Marvin G. Hampton also was ordered to pay $262,424.76 in restitution to three lending institutions.
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October 20, 2008
Cory SchoutenCharter Homes recruited and paid buyers to take out inflated mortgages on dozens of central Indiana homes it built, promising
to manage the properties as rentals and make payments for the owners, current and former Charter business partners say.
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August 25, 2008
Cory SchoutenCharter Homes owner Jerry Jaquess fancies himself a white knight for King Park, a neighborhood once known mainly for its rampant
crime, boarded-up homes and vacant lots. But as he’s constructed a slew of homes and carriage houses there, the local
builder has stirred up several lawsuits, dozens of liens and persistent questions about whether his business is legit.
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December 3, 2007
Peter SchnitzlerState regulators want more firepower to fight mortgage crimes. But a month before the General Assembly convenes, real estate
interests are uneasy, fearing lawmakers may go overboard.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.