California Man Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud

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California Man Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Aug. 2, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

Steven Pitchersky, 64, of Rancho Mirage, California, was charged today by Information with one count of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Pitchersky, who operated Nationwide Mortgage Concepts, a California mortgage lender, is accused of engaging in a scheme to defraud Ally Bank that caused the bank a loss of approximately $5.3 million.

If convicted the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years imprisonment, three years supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David L. Axelrod.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EASTERN DISTRICTof PENNSYLVANIA

Suite 1250, 615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

PATTY HARTMAN, Media Contact, 215-861-8525

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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