An Ashburn resident was among five people who pleaded guilty to $1.5 million mortgage fraud conspiracy together involving a home in Gainesville, VA. In addition, a federal grand jury has indicted a sixth person…

By Jamie Satterfield A federal jury on Friday convicted a Sevierville title attorney and Pigeon Forge cabin developer in a $6 million mortgage fraud scheme. Jurors in US District Court deemed attorney Jerry…

ForbesIn 2010, federal and state law enforcement targeted mortgage fraud scams as part of Operation Stolen Dreams, which lead to the indictments in the Southern District of New York of 55…

He operated the scheme through Platinum Mortgage, DBA Platinum Mortgage, Edison Mortgage, Prime Real Estate and other companies. Between 2003 and 2006, he used fraudulent appraisals, false information on loan…

Kerley and Whaley are accused of plotting with Sevier County developer Kenneth Lee and mortgage broker Mary Bivens in a scheme designed to skim off equity milk from fraudulent loans that left…

Thomson Reuters News & Insight New York lawyer suspended for failing to stop mortgage fraud Thomson Reuters News & Insight Kontogiannis pleaded guilty in October 2010 to conspiring to commit bank and wire…

Housing Wire Florida accounted for more of those reports than any state but California and was the source of one in every 10 cases of suspected mortgage fraud. In 2002, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…

Bay Net Mortgage fraud is every bit as corrosive to society as street crime,” stated Eric Hylton, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Washington DC Field Office.

WPROPROVIDENCE, RI A disbarred Rhode Island attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a $1.1 million mortgage fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 66-year-old James…

A former mortgage company executive convicted of orchestrating a nearly $3 billion fraud scheme is asking a federal appeals panel to reverse his conviction and send his case back to a lower court. Attorneys for…