Another person associated with Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, which built homes in the Charlotte area, is facing federal charges. Mortgage loan officer Janette Parker, 48, of Mint Hill, has been charged with three counts of mortgage fraud, according to the U.S. attorney’s office, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other federal agencies. Federal [...]
They’re victims of the recession: unfinished communities scattered across the Charlotte area. But for homebuilders like Lennar Corp., they’re an opportunity. Just ask Jon Hardy. Hardy, president of the Miami-based company’s Charlotte division, said that this year Lennar has built homes in nine Charlotte-area communities that others started but couldn’t finish. That represents a spike [...]
The financial blows to former Beazer Homes USA executives keep coming. Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission said James O’Leary, the former chief financial officer for the Atlanta-based homebuilder, which built homes in the Charlotte area, will reimburse Beazer more than $1.4 million that he received after Beazer filed fraudulent financial statements during fiscal [...]
Hometown: Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Age: 42 Family: husband, Mike; children, Ryan, 16, Kyle, 12 Education: bachelor’s degree in business administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Krista Long, who took over as president of the Home Builders Association of Charlotte in January, says she got into the homebuilding industry largely through chance. But it’s paid [...]
The CEO of Beazer Homes will pay $6.5 million to reimburse the company for bonuses and stock profits he received while the company was committing accounting fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission said. The SEC said a settlement was reached Thursday with Ian McCarthy. The Atlanta-based company has built homes in the Charlotte area. McCarthy had failed to [...]