In re Port

*140OPINION OF THE COURT

On September 20, 2005, the respondent pleaded guilty before the Honorable Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to violating 18 USC §§ 1001 and 2. During the plea allocution, the respondent admitted that between June 23, 2000 and October 19, 2000 he owned and operated Port Abstract Title Company in Garden City and acted as closing agent for residential mortgages generated by the Neighborhood Mortgage Bank for New Jersey properties. During that time, the respondent loaned money to Barry Fauntleroy, the owner and…