Crisp & Cole: A who's who in the case
By THE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
The players
Arrested:
Carlyle “Carl” Lee Cole, 63: former managing broker and secretary of Crisp & Cole Real Estate, the familiar name for the Crisp, Cole & Associates corporation
Charged with: 33 counts of mail fraud; 11 counts of bank fraud; 10 counts of wire fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
David Marshall Crisp, 31: former chief executive, held a real estate sales license
Charged with: 33 counts of mail fraud; 11 counts of bank fraud; 10 counts of wire fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
Julie Dianne Farmer, 42: former operations manager
Charged with: 8 counts of mail fraud; 4 counts of wire fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money; 1 count of bank fraud
Sneha Ramesh Mohammadi, 49: former chief financial officer, also served as officer manager at the company’s mortgage brokerage, Tower Lending.
Charged with: 7 counts of mail fraud; 4 counts of wire fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money; 1 count of bank fraud
Jayson Peter Costa, 38: worked as a loan officer for Tower Lending while an unlicensed salesman
Charged with: 2 counts of mail fraud; 2 counts of bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
Jeriel Salinas, 29: former sales agent
Charged with: 5 counts of mail fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
Robinson Dinh Nguyen, 30: former sales agent
Charged with: 3 counts of mail fraud; 2 counts of bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
Michael Angelo Munoz, 31: former sales agent
Charged with: 5 counts of mail fraud; 2 counts of bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
Caleb Lee Cole, 35: Carl Cole’s son
Charged with: 2 counts of mail fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud
Jennifer Anne Crisp, 29: David Crisp’s wife
Charged with: 5 counts of mail fraud; 2 counts of wire fraud; 2 counts of bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; 1 count of conspiracy to launder money
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Convicted in plea deals:
Jerald Allen Teixeira, 31: former loan officer at Tower Lending
Pleaded guilty to wire fraud in September 2009
Kevin Patrick Sluga, 61: Jennifer Crisp’s father, former accountant for Crisp & Cole who has since lost his CPA license, admitted in the plea he created CPA letters containing false employment and income information to help straw buyers get loans
Pleaded guilty to 4 counts of wire fraud in January 2010
Leslie Sluga, 58: Kevin Sluga’s wife, Jennifer Crisp’s mother
Pleaded guilty to 2 counts of wire fraud in January 2010
Megan Balod, 32: the Slugas’ daughter and Jennifer Crisp’s sister
Pleaded guilty to 4 counts of wire fraud in January 2010
Christopher Lance Stovall, 37: former loan officer with Tower Lending
Pleaded guilty to 4 counts of mail fraud in July 2010
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