Otis Bevel’s sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 10:00 am in Judge Joan Synenberg’s courtroom. Otis Bevel, a 49-year-old real estate broker, of Shaker Heights, his family, and several others were in the business of fraudulently purchasing homes.
They submitted fictitious loan documents to title companies to submit to lenders. On April 27, 2009, Bevel pleaded guilty to charges of engaging in corrupt activity that included 51 houses in Bedford, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Shaker Heights, South Euclid, and Warrensville Heights.
Bevel also pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering, tampering with records, securing records by deception, and theft. Leland S. Levert, 44, of Cleveland, fabricated the documents in this scheme but failed to appear in court in June, there is a warrant out for his arrest.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, a member of the Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force, conducted the investigation with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office. The Cuyahoga County Mortgage Fraud Task Force operates in conjunction with Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray’s Organized Crime Investigations Commission. The Task Force is comprised of 16 federal,
state, and local enforcement agencies.
Task Force members are: Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office, Cleveland Heights Police Department, Solon Police Department, Cleveland Police Department, Pepper Pike Police Department, HUD, Cuyahoga County Auditor, Cuyahoga County Treasurer, Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Financial Investigation, F.B.I., U.S. Attorney’s Office, and U.S. Postal Inspector.
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