Mortgage foreclosures focus of Iowa meeting with Miller
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller met privately with homeowners and community groups in Des Moines to discuss a possible partnership with the U S Attorney’s Office to pursue mortgage fraud criminal cases and seek forbearance and restitution. He stressed targeted loan modifications and lender accountability as part of a broader 50 state effort.
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Jés Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
Tom Miller
Miller
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
Hope
Gina Gates
San Jose
Calif
Gates
CCI
Hugh Espey
Mike McCarthy
Keya Alvarez
Massachusetts
Richardson to lead Iowa DOT through Branstad transition
Nancy Richardson will stay as director of the Iowa Department of Transportation until May 1 as Terry Branstad forms his new administration. Branstad praised her leadership and said she will be a partner in his team while a nationwide search for a new director proceeds. Transition officials also hired Leon Shearer as labor relations consultant to review state employee bargaining practices for potential savings.
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Ues Moines Bureau
Urbandale
Nancy Richardson
State Department of Transportation
Richardson
Terry Branstad
Tom Vilsack
Chet Culver
Branstad
Nancy
Iowa
Leon Shearer
Man Sentenced in Iowa Human Smuggling Case
A Texas man, Javier Garcia Alvarez of Dallas, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after being convicted of transporting ten other illegal immigrants to Iowa. The van crash near Marshall County in February killed passenger Noemi Celestine De Jesus when it ran a stop sign.
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Associated Press
DES Moines
Texas
Iowa
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Javier Garcia Alvarez
Dallas
U.S. District Court
Alvarez
Arizona
Marshall County
Noemi Celestine de Jesus
Ex-bookkeeper pleads guilty to stealing over 1.5 million
Julie Meyer 54 of Farley pleaded guilty to stealing more than 1.5 million while employed as chief bookkeeper at Midwest Irrigation East Dubuque. Prosecutors say she wrote checks to cover gambling and credit card debts from January 2003 to March 2010 and altered bank statements to hide the fraud.
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Farley
Julie Meyer
Meyer
Midwest Irrigation
East Dubuque
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