Pair (30 Months & 46 Months) Get Shipped Off To Prison While 3rd Scammer Awaits Sentencing For Roles In Racket Where They Acquired Title To Homes In Foreclosure, Then Recorded Fraudulent Satisfaction Of Mortgage, Then Flipped Property Now Purporting To Be Free & Clear Of Liens To Unwitting Buyers, Pocketing Million$

In Honolulu, Hawaii, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports:

• A federal judge [] sentenced two people to 30 months and 46 months in prison for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved seven properties in Honolulu and Kona.
  
  Visiting U.S. District Senior Judge Charles R. Breyer sentenced Sakara Blackwell, the real estate broker formerly known as Dawn Sakaguchi, to the 30-month prison term. It was Blackwell who handled the sales of the properties that still had mortgages on them to buyers who were unaware of the mortgages.
  
  One of the unsuspecting buyers is an employee of the court’s Probation and Pretrial Services.
  
  Breyer, who is from the Northern California District, handled Tuesday’s sentencing because all of the Hawaii District judges had recused themselves.
  
  He handed the 46-month term to Marc Melton, who drafted all of the bogus documents the trio used to convince escrow companies that the properties were unencumbered by mortgages.
  
  Breyer ordered Melton to forfeit to the government $129,307 authorities seized from a bank account associated to him and ordered Melton to pay, along with his co-defendants, $881,755 restitution.
  
  The restitution amount is the difference between what the buyers paid for the seven properties and what the properties are worth.
  
  Breyer ordered Blackwell to also pay restitution. What portion of the $881,755 for which she is jointly responsible will be determined at a later date. What will also be determined at a later date is who will receive the restitution..

Source: 2 sentenced in mortgage fraud scheme. snatch flip

See also, Two sentenced to prison in multimillion-dollar real estate scheme:

• A third defendant, Jennifer McTigue, will be sentenced on Oct. 26.
  
  According to court documents, the three worked together to buy and sell homes, creating false documents to trick banks and the state. They would purchase properties that were in foreclosure and submit false documents to obtain a title on the home that eliminated the lien on the property.
  
  They would then turn around and sell the home for profit, collecting a total of more than $3 million illegally.