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Friday, July 06, 2007
Illinois Real Estate Agent Charged for FHA Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Raymond S. Talan, Rockford, Illinois, a real estate agent in the Rockford and Chicago area of Illinois, was indicted for falsifying documentation to verify a borrower’s income and employment in the loan application process. Income and employment verification, as well as closing costs paid by the borrower, are requirements for most commercial lenders such as Argent Mortgage Company and USA Funding, Inc. According to the indictment, Talan assisted his clients in qualifying for FHA loans that they otherwise would not qualify thereby enriching himself through the resulting commissions. It is also alleged that in addition to falsifying verifications of employment and income, Talan also create false verifications of rent if a Borrower did not have the requisite rental history. Talan would then package the loan documents and forward them to commercial lenders for the purposes of procuring a loan for his clients. Talan would also obtain cashier’s checks in the names of the borrowers such that it would appear the borrower was using his or her own funds for closing. Talan procured almost $200,000 in fraudulent loans for his clients and utilized the commissions for his personal use.
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This is common practice in the real estate industry. I once confronted a broker in the process of doing the same things, and he laughed, saying: “Of course it’s fraud. That’s how real estate works. It’s good for the economy”
Posted by on 07/06 at 05:05 AM
JULY 14,2007
Today I came across this web site &
I will return with a very fraudulent
real estate conveyance(s) that actually
occured at two different closings.
This includes “straw” buyers (plural)
mortgage companies, real estate title
company ( 1 ) and of which the last
conveyance even the deed was altered
by the attorney for the current??
owners of record for a conveyance as
a warranty deed for the purpose of a
new loan for the newest set of straw
buyers. The selling agent of the most
recent sale not only is a Licensed Illinois realtor (agent) that wrote his
own offer as selling agent but with a
different name as the buyer… along
with his wife?. By sheltering his 2
identities, the first mortgage at closing washed away MY mortgage lien
(unsatisfied at this closing) and
the title work prepared prior to closing
revealed “them” as the proposed buyers
prior to the closing. The title work
was so prepared as to swipe off the
cloud that was put too close to the
bottom of the page & the following page
was PREPARED 5 days after the physical
closing and what was on that page showed
the balance of the cloud…
the Attorney for the then “owners of record”?? prepared and ALTERED THE DEED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CLOSING & FOR
THE NEW 6 DIGET LOAN on this property.
This reads like a novel that I did not
start or stop with what I have written.
The same attorney that orchestrated this
along with his clients as sellers??
DID NOT, AS AN ATTORNEY FILE HIS APPEARANCE IN THE FORECLOSURE CASE,
SO WHAT HE PRESENTED, SHOWED FRAUDULENT
DOCUMENTS, PRODUCED MOTIONS, ANSWERS,
PREPARED ORDERS & ETC. AND IT WAS I
THE PLAINTIFF THAT BROUGHT THIS ATTENTION TO THE COURT… THE ATTORNEY
ACTUALLY TOLD THE JUDGE THAT HE COULD
WRITE A CHECK! THIS CIRCUS IN THIS
FORECLOSURE CASE IS/WAS A HOAX.
HIS FILING WAS AT THE LAST DOG OF THIS
CASE...SO, JUST ANOTHER ATTORNEY WHO
CHOSE TO LIE, AND WAS AN OFFICER OF THE
COURT… OR WAS HE. IF HE DIDN’T MAKE
HIS APPEARANCE OF RECORD FOR HIS CLIENTS
THEN HE WASN’T REALLY THEIR ATTORNEY???
THERE IS MUCH MORE OF THIS THAT IS
VERY VERY BIZARRE.
CURRENTLY, THIS HOAX IS ON ITS WAY TO
ANOTHER COURT LEVEL.
I CALL THIS CRIME ON A DIME. MEANING
A 10 CENT PEN.
bluehealerwolfbaarstad @yahoo.com
Posted by on 07/14 at 09:18 AM
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Trial coverage provided by Anne Mitchell, Crazy Fish Realty.
F. Jeffrey Miller Update - October 20, 2009
A hearing was held in Topeka, Kansas in front of Judge Julie Robinson. Miller is currently being held pending his sentencing which is set for December 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.. Steve Vanatta and Hallie Irvin, Miller's codefendants, will be sentenced at that time also.
Several motions were heard this week. One was a motion for Miller to be released pending his sentencing. Miller's attorney, Jeff Morris, argued that the court had dismmissed with predjudice the matter involving Miller's purchase of a commercial lawnmower, violating the court ordered monitoring agreement. He also argued that Miller was not a flight risk and should be released. This motion was denied.
Another motion heard by Judge Robinson was that of an escrow account containing proceeds from the sale of Miller's forfeited assets. This account has a balance of $143,000. Attorney Morris argued that his firm was due $100,000 for work done in the Miller matter, to date. The government argued that his 'un-itemized fees' were 'exhorbitant'. The balance of the funds, Morris argued, should be released to the Miller family to help pay for mounting household expenses.
The government argued that the 'Asset Forfeiture Provision' applies down to 'the last penny' and that 'the rights of the victims to made whole are of paramount immportance' and that no routine household expenses like Visa bills, are allowed.
Attorney Morris argues that there is more than enough assets to satisfy the jury's judgement of $2.65 million dollars. The government argues that the estimated value of his assets are only $1.4 million.
The government also stated that Miller has been paid dividends from a company Miller has an ownership interest in; Boreflex. From July, 2008 to present, Miller has been paid $330,509.30 from Boreflex, unbeknownst to the court appointed monitor.
Present in the courtroom was Todd Earnshaw. Earnshaw was indicted along with Miller and others in what is commonly referred to as 'Miller I'. That trial is scheduled to begin on January 11, 2010 in Topeka, Kansas.
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