FBI Comments on Mortgage Fraud and Other Real Estate Schemes
Friday, February 1st, 2008Mortgage Fraud Blog - FBI Comments on Mortgage Fraud and Other Real Estate Schemes
FBI Comments on Mortgage Fraud and Other Real Estate Schemes
Imagine landing your dream home.Your credit is a bit shaky, but you manage to get a subprime loan with an adjustable rate mortgage. A few years later the interest rates jump and you […]
Couple Sentenced in Property Fraud Scheme
Friday, February 1st, 2008Couple Sentenced in Property Fraud Scheme | TheLedger.com
Couple Sentenced in Property Fraud Scheme
Thomas and Dawn Salvati took more than $1 million in fake housing deals.
By Shoshana Walter
THE LEDGER
Shoshana WalterShoshana Walter
Police Reporter
Dept.: Metro Desk
(863) 802-7590
shoshana.walter@theledger.com
A Lakeland man and his wife have been convicted of organized fraud and conspiracy to […]
Tower of Fraud
Friday, February 1st, 2008Xpress: News | Gone with the wind: Tower of Fraud
Gone with the wind: Tower of Fraud
By Bobby Naqvi, News Editor
A Dubai-based real estate brokerage agency has allegedly vanished with Dh7 million taken from around 280 investors who bought timeshare options in a Jumeirah Lakes property, an investor and a leading construction firm told XPRESS.
The construction […]
LawFuel
Friday, February 1st, 2008LawFuel - The Law News Network
Sisters Indicted On Real Estate ‘Flipping’ Charges - US Attorney
Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008
LAWFUEL - Legal Newswire - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Los Angeles woman and her sister on money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy charges for submitting home loan financing packages for […]
Fraud Who are the Real Victims the Homeowners or the Banks?
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007American Chronicle: Mortgage Fraud: Who are the Real Victims — the Homeowners or the Banks?
Mortgage Fraud: Who are the Real Victims — the Homeowners or the Banks?
Richard Geller
I grew up in Los Angeles and started my first business at age 15. I started my first successful business at age 18. That was an alarm company […]
Peninsula Clarion - News
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Peninsula Clarion - News
Realtors reassure peninsula buyers
HAL SPENCE
Peninsula Clarion
Kenai Peninsula real estate agents reacted Wednesday with strong words and public assurances in the wake of U.S. Grand Jury fraud indictments handed down Dec. 13 against nine individuals and one corporation in the Anchorage real estate market.
According to U.S. Attorney Nelson P. Cohen, the accused allegedly […]
Real Estate Fraud News | Mortgage Banking Industry News
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Mortgage Fraud Blog - Mortgage Fraud News | Real Estate Fraud News | Mortgage Banking Industry News
2 NY Real Estate Attorneys Steal $200,000
Arelia Taveras, 46, Bloomington, Minnesota, and Mark Jacobs, 58, Glen Head, New York. Taveras, who is accused of stealing a total of $99,142 from four clients, is charged with three counts of third-degree […]
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True
Saturday, December 1st, 2007If It Sounds Too Good To Be True …; MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: Foreclosure Rescue Scams Are Popping Up As The Subprime Loan Crisis Makes Many Homeowners Desperate - And It’s Easy For Crooks To Spot A Potential Victim
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True …; MORTGAGE MELTDOWN: Foreclosure Rescue Scams Are Popping Up As The […]
Mortgage inquiries swamping Arizona
Saturday, December 1st, 2007Mortgage inquiries swamping Arizona
Mortgage inquiries swamping Arizona
Catherine Reagor
The Arizona Republic
Arizona’s mortgage regulator has shut down a handful of Valley firms for fraud and other illegal lending practices this year, but at least 40 other investigations are stalled because there is no money to fund them.
A wave of mortgage fraud and other bad lending practices that […]
Former real-estate agent is sentenced to 2 years in housing scam
Saturday, December 1st, 2007The Columbus Dispatch : Former real-estate agent sentenced to 2 years
Former real-estate agent is sentenced to 2 years in housing scam
By Tracy Turner
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
A former Bexley real-estate agent who made millions selling homes in the Hilltop and North Linden areas using false credit documents, was sentenced today to two years in prison for filing […]