NEWARK A Scotch Plains man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme he organized through Elite Financial Solutions, a purported home foreclosure rescue company he…

By Jacqueline Palank That’s the lesson Lee Farkas is learning as the former Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. chairman serves a 30-year prison sentence for running a massive mortgage fraud. In court…

Orlando Sentine lBy Paula McMahon, Sun Sentinel A former Plantation police officer was sentenced to three years and seven months in federal prison on Friday and ordered to pay close to $3 million in restitution…

AP WASHINGTON Five California men have been charged with defrauding struggling homeowners who were seeking government mortgage help, federal authorities said. The defendants, all from Orange County…

By Rick Daysog A federal mortgage fraud probe that has produced criminal charges against dozens of people in Sacramento’s Russian American community is spinning off new white-collar investigations. Internal…

Hispanically Speaking News Acting US Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel lauded the efforts of the FBI’s mortgage fraud investigators. She also confirmed the United States Attorney’s Office’s commitment to…

The state Department of Justice plans to use up to $3 million of the $31.6 million given directly to the state of Wisconsin under the $25 billion multi-state mortgage settlement to identify, investigate and…