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Rachel Dollar is an attorney and Certified Mortgage Banker who handles fraud recovery litigation for lenders and secondary market investors nationwide. She is a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of mortgage fraud. Ms. Dollar is licensed to practice law in California and maintains offices in Santa Rosa, California. Email Ms. Dollar
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Mississippi Mortgage Fraud Trial Could be Lengthy
The trial against Richard B Lucas, Phillip N Weary, Kimberly A Castle, Kenneth Stalnaker, Loretta Joy Champ, William V Fairley A/K/A Vaston, Jafus Jones, Jr, and Kristy N Packer is scheduled to begin July 24, 2006. These eight individuals along with Malcolm C Clark and Marcy R Irby were indicted on February 16, 2006 on 12-counts relating to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud. Lucas, Weary, and Castle were also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Marcy R Irby pled guilty to bank fraud on April 5th while Malcolm C Clark is scheduled to plea guilty on May 4th. These individuals may be testifying against the other eight co-conspirators in the trial.
Two other area residents who were not indicted have pleaded guilty to separate charges and are also expected to testify in July, according to media sources.
mortgage fraud
Rate are still historically low but still banks are looking for even more customers with no down loans, stated income loans, and 50 year loans. Aren’t these going to come back to bite the banks someday?
Posted by Mortgage Lenders on 05/08 at 06:29 AM
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Real Estate Fraud Widespread, Insider Q&A Told
Orange County Register- California
As head of the California Department of Real Estate, it’s Davi’s responsibility to oversee the licensing and regulation of real estate agents and to investigate complaints.
Complaints Against Ohio Real-Estate Agents Rise
Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati, OH
Some of the most common complaints involve buyers upset over undisclosed property problems and agents not doing the marketing they had promised. There's also been an increase in mortgage fraud and criminal allegations.
Millions At Risk Of Foreclosure Fraud
Inland Empire News - Riverside, CA
The reason Carter, 55, is facing eviction, she says, is that she fell for a high-stakes scam that’s sweeping the nation, preying on the 1 in 11 consumers who are either behind on their mortgage payments or already in foreclosure.
Florida Comes Clean, Allowed Criminals to Enter Mortgage Industry, Prey on Consumers
By The Liput Group
In a stinging critique of the state's oversight of the mortgage industry, top Florida investigators found that state regulators failed to alert police agencies to crooked mortgage brokerages, ignored citizen complaints and allowed hundreds of people with criminal histories to peddle loans.
FBI's Mortgage Fraud Caseload Grows To 24
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The FBI is investigating 24 cases of potential corporate fraud related to mortgage lending, up from 21 cases disclosed by the bureau in July, bureau director Robert Mueller told Congress yesterday.
Convicted Appraiser Nicolo Back In Custody
MPNnow.com - Rochester, NY
John Nicolo, who was convicted in a widespread kickback scheme involving Eastman Kodak Co. and a former Monroe County assessor, is back in police custody after he allegedly violated the conditions of his release.
Mortgage Crisis Leads To An Increase In Scams
WSBT-TV - South Bend, IN
When it comes to perpetrating a scam or a fraud some tools used are a gun, or a fist, or a knife,” Zultanski said. “Mortgage is another avenue to commit a fraud.”
Mortgage Firm Countrywide, In Response To Alleged Data Breach, Offers Free Credit Monitoring
Los Angeles Times - CA
Countrywide Financial Corp. is offering two years of free credit monitoring to customers whose sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, allegedly was stolen from the home lender's computer files.
Caught in ID Theft's 'Horrible Web'
Columbian - Clark County, Washington
A woman took Carpenter's professional identity as a real estate appraiser, using Carpenter's name and license number. She even appraised commercial and million-dollar properties that Carpenter, a residential appraiser, isn't licensed to do.
Top 10 Riskiest Areas for Mortgage Loans
U.S. News & World Report - Washington, DC
First American CoreLogic recently released a study that ranks America's top 10 riskiest areas in which to make a home loan.
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