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'via Blog this'Government prosecutors have tied Wickersham and unidentified “others” to a widepsread property-flipping scheme involving at least 86 real estate deals, mostly in the coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia.
The transactions include 19 sales in the Charleston area.
The estimated losses to lenders total more than $20 million, according to U.S. District Court documents made public last week.
Wickersham, 33, already has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate in the investigation. No one else has been charged.
Wickersham was a loan officer for North American Mortgage Group LLC and a real estate agent and part-owner of Realty Executives of Coastal Carolina. Both businesses operated out of an office on Trolley Road in Summerville.
Prosecutors said Wickersham and co-conspirators sought “to unlawfully enrich themselves” by submitting falsified loan documents and inflated appraisals to mortgage lenders, including banks that are insured by the U.S. government.
Phone | Address | City, State | Possible Owners/ Officers/Agents | Associated Businesses | ||
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| 1. | North American Mortgage Group Llc  | Available | Greensboro, NC Summerville, SC | Corie Turner (AGENT) |
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| 2. | North American Mortgage Group Llc | Available | Available | Mount pleasant, SC Mt pleasant, SC Summerville, SC | Corie H Turner (MANAGER) |
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| 3. | North American Mortgage Group Llc | Available | Available | Summerville, SC | Corie Turner (AGENT) |
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| 4. | North American Mortgage Group Llc | Available | Mount pleasant, SC Summerville, SC | Corie H Turner (MANAGER) |
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| 5. | North American Mortgage Group, Llc | Available | Summerville, SC | Corie Turner (REGISTERED AGENT) |
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| 6. | North American Mortgage Group, Llc |
After the sellers were paid, some of the inflated loan proceeds went to Wickersham and others in the form of large commissions or bonuses from buyers they had recruited.
The operators of the scheme also agreed to find renters or pay mortgages for the owners until the properties could be resold at a profit, prosecutors said.
The deals took place between April 2006 and November 2007, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The scheme unraveled when real estate sales and property values began to falter about five years ago.
Wickersham faces up to 36 years in prison and fines totaling $1.5 million, based on one count each of mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud, according to his plea agreement. He also has agreed to pay the Internal Revenue Service about $257,000 in restitution based on two counts of filing false tax returns.
| rs/ Officers/Agents | Associated Businesses | |||||
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| 1. | Realty Executives Associates | Available | Knoxville, TN | Phil Cobble (OWNER) |
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| 2. | Realty Executives Associates Inc Lakeside | Available | Available | Knoxville, TN | Ramona Knorr (PRESIDENT) Ohn-david Roddy (TREASURY) |
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| 3. | Realty Executives Associates, Inc | Available | Knoxville, TN | R Vance Burkey (REGISTERED AGENT) |
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| 4. | Realty Executives Associates Relocation, Inc | Available | Knoxville, TN | R Vance Burkey (REGISTERED AGENT) |
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| 5. | Realty Executives Clarksville Inc | Available | Joelton, TN | Tom Essary (REGISTERED AGENT) |
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| 6. | Realty Executives Associates, Inc-lakeside | Available | Knoxville, TN | David E Fielder (REGISTERED AGENT) |
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