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EX-MORTGAGE BROKERS PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFT
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CHRISTEL MORTGAGE
The former owners of a Walnut Creek mortgage brokerage have pleaded
guilty to stealing $1.5 million through the business.
Mike Yamaguchi, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California,
said 41-year-old Darlene Christel entered her plea to
charges of defrauding financial institutions by converting money from
escrow accounts at Christel Mortgage. Sheldon Christel, 51,
pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to wire fraud
as
part of a scheme to defraud borrowers and Click here


COUPLE SURRENDER IN MORTGAGE SCAM
A Walnut Creek couple suspected of a $1.2 million home mortgage
scam have surrendered to federal authorities.
Darlene and Sheldon Christel were arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday
as part of an agreement negotiated late last week,
said FBI spokesman Rick Smith. The Christels remained free on a
$100,000 bail bond. Arraignment was set for Sept.

Darlene and Sheldon Christel were arrested BY THE FBI AND LOCAL POLICE
AT THIER HOME IN MEXICO WHERE THEY FLED
WITH MORE THEN $4,000,000, CASH.
HOME ADDRESS IN WALNUT CREEK,CALIF
DARLENE C CHRISTEL AND SHELDON L CHRISTEL
525 OAKVALE TER
WALNUT CREEK CA

BUSINESS ADDRESS IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIF
CHRISTEL MORTGAGE 1855 #300 OLYMPIC BL. WALNUT CREEK,CA
Published on April 15, 1995, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE


SAN FRANCISCO

Mortgage Swindler Gets Prison Term


A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday sentenced a former Walnut
Creek mortgage
broker to more than a year in prison for wiring stolen money to Mexico
as his firm collapsed.

U.S. District Judge Eugene Lynch gave Sheldon Christel, 51, a 14-month
sentence and ordered
him to repay $120,000 to 15 victims of his mortgage firm's shady
dealings.

The victims said Christel and his wife, Darlene, persuaded them to
refinance their
home mortgages by taking out new loans through the


Article 3 of 7, Article ID: 11903
Published on December 17, 1994,
EAST BAY

Broker Sentenced In Mortgage Fraud Case


Walnut Creek -- A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday sentenced
former
Walnut Creek mortgage broker Darlene Christel to more than two years
in prison
for misappropriating client investments and mortgage funds.

U.S. District Judge Eugene Lynch ordered Christel to pay nearly $1.6
million in
restitution to financial institutions and individual investors, many
of them former personal friends,
whose money she mishandled.

Christel and her husband, Sheldon, fled to Mexico last year

Published on August 14, 1994,

EX-MORTGAGE BROKERS PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFT


The former owners of a Walnut Creek mortgage brokerage have pleaded
guilty to stealing
$1.5 million through the business. Mike Yamaguchi, U.S. Attorney for
the Northern
District of California, said 41-year-old Darlene Christel entered her
plea to charges of
defrauding financial institutions by converting money from escrow
accounts at
Christel Mortgage. Sheldon Christel, 51, pleaded guilty in U.S.
District Court in San Francisco
to wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud borrowers and

Guilty Pleas Entered in Mortgage Scam


A Walnut Creek couple who ran a mortgage brokerage pleaded guilty
yesterday in federal court in San Francisco in connection with a $1.5
million real estate swindle involving Bay Area banks, title companies
and borrowers.

Darlene Christel, 41, and Sheldon Christel, 51, were the co-owners of
Christel Mortgage Inc. They were indicted last year on charges of
conspiracy, bank fraud and wire fraud involving approximately a dozen
individual borrowers and eight financial institutions.


EAST BAY

Walnut Creek Couple Indicted in Bank Fraud


Walnut Creek -- A Walnut Creek couple who owned a mortgage brokerage
were indicted yesterday on federal charges that they defrauded eight
banks of $1.7 million in mortgage funds.

Darlene Christel, 40, and Sheldon Christel, 50, were arraigned before
U.S. Magistrate Claudia Wilken in San Francisco. They pleaded not
guilty.

They were charged in a 15- count indictment with conspiracy and bank
fraud in connection with a mortgage brokerage firm they owned.

According to the indictment,


East Bay Couple Accused Of Big Mortgage Scam

Brokers missing, so is up to $10 million


Federal authorities are searching for a couple from Walnut Creek who
are suspected of defrauding clients of their successful mortgage
brokering business out of as much as $10 million.

Darlene and Sheldon Christel, who own a luxurious home on a hill with
a view of Mount Diablo and who often worked late at Christel Mortgage
Inc., are under investigation for possible mail fraud, wire fraud and
interstate transportation of stolen property, said FBI Special Agent

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EX-MORTGAGE BROKERS PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFT
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CHRISTEL MORTGAGE
The former owners of a Walnut Creek mortgage brokerage have pleaded
guilty to stealing $1.5 million through the business.
Mike Yamaguchi, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California,
said 41-year-old Darlene Christel entered her plea to
charges of defrauding financial institutions by converting money from
escrow accounts at Christel Mortgage. Sheldon Christel, 51,
pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to wire fraud
as
part of a scheme to defraud borrowers and Click here


COUPLE SURRENDER IN MORTGAGE SCAM
A Walnut Creek couple suspected of a $1.2 million home mortgage
scam have surrendered to federal authorities.
Darlene and Sheldon Christel were arrested in San Francisco on Tuesday
as part of an agreement negotiated late last week,
said FBI spokesman Rick Smith. The Christels remained free on a
$100,000 bail bond. Arraignment was set for Sept.

Darlene and Sheldon Christel were arrested BY THE FBI AND LOCAL POLICE
AT THIER HOME IN MEXICO WHERE THEY FLED
WITH MORE THEN $4,000,000, CASH.
HOME ADDRESS IN WALNUT CREEK,CALIF
DARLENE C CHRISTEL AND SHELDON L CHRISTEL
525 OAKVALE TER
WALNUT CREEK CA

BUSINESS ADDRESS IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIF
CHRISTEL MORTGAGE 1855 #300 OLYMPIC BL. WALNUT CREEK,CA
Published on April 15, 1995, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE


SAN FRANCISCO

Mortgage Swindler Gets Prison Term


A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday sentenced a former Walnut
Creek mortgage
broker to more than a year in prison for wiring stolen money to Mexico
as his firm collapsed.

U.S. District Judge Eugene Lynch gave Sheldon Christel, 51, a 14-month
sentence and ordered
him to repay $120,000 to 15 victims of his mortgage firm's shady
dealings.

The victims said Christel and his wife, Darlene, persuaded them to
refinance their
home mortgages by taking out new loans through the


Article 3 of 7, Article ID: 11903
Published on December 17, 1994,
EAST BAY

Broker Sentenced In Mortgage Fraud Case


Walnut Creek -- A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday sentenced
former
Walnut Creek mortgage broker Darlene Christel to more than two years
in prison
for misappropriating client investments and mortgage funds.

U.S. District Judge Eugene Lynch ordered Christel to pay nearly $1.6
million in
restitution to financial institutions and individual investors, many
of them former personal friends,
whose money she mishandled.

Christel and her husband, Sheldon, fled to Mexico last year

Published on August 14, 1994,

EX-MORTGAGE BROKERS PLEAD GUILTY IN THEFT


The former owners of a Walnut Creek mortgage brokerage have pleaded
guilty to stealing
$1.5 million through the business. Mike Yamaguchi, U.S. Attorney for
the Northern
District of California, said 41-year-old Darlene Christel entered her
plea to charges of
defrauding financial institutions by converting money from escrow
accounts at
Christel Mortgage. Sheldon Christel, 51, pleaded guilty in U.S.
District Court in San Francisco
to wire fraud as part of a scheme to defraud borrowers and

Guilty Pleas Entered in Mortgage Scam


A Walnut Creek couple who ran a mortgage brokerage pleaded guilty
yesterday in federal court in San Francisco in connection with a $1.5
million real estate swindle involving Bay Area banks, title companies
and borrowers.

Darlene Christel, 41, and Sheldon Christel, 51, were the co-owners of
Christel Mortgage Inc. They were indicted last year on charges of
conspiracy, bank fraud and wire fraud involving approximately a dozen
individual borrowers and eight financial institutions.


EAST BAY

Walnut Creek Couple Indicted in Bank Fraud


Walnut Creek -- A Walnut Creek couple who owned a mortgage brokerage
were indicted yesterday on federal charges that they defrauded eight
banks of $1.7 million in mortgage funds.

Darlene Christel, 40, and Sheldon Christel, 50, were arraigned before
U.S. Magistrate Claudia Wilken in San Francisco. They pleaded not
guilty.

They were charged in a 15- count indictment with conspiracy and bank
fraud in connection with a mortgage brokerage firm they owned.

According to the indictment,


East Bay Couple Accused Of Big Mortgage Scam

Brokers missing, so is up to $10 million


Federal authorities are searching for a couple from Walnut Creek who
are suspected of defrauding clients of their successful mortgage
brokering business out of as much as $10 million.

Darlene and Sheldon Christel, who own a luxurious home on a hill with
a view of Mount Diablo and who often worked late at Christel Mortgage
Inc., are under investigation for possible mail fraud, wire fraud and
interstate transportation of stolen property, said FBI Special Agent