Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) Those with long memories may recall the north Minneapolis real estate debacle from 1995 to 1998, when property flippers relied on fraudulent documents to pump mortgages through…
Continue Reading...A real estate fraud notification program was implemented in Contra Costa County, California. The purpose of the notification system is to make homeowners aware of recorded transactions to lessen the likelihood of forgeries and fraudulently recorded documents.
Barry Winnett, 49, Roseville, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to three years and two months in prison and full restitution for wire fraud for his participation in a scheme that defrauded real estate investors of $2.9 million.
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James Darrell Ober, 43, Hudson, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme that involved dozens of properties and millions of dollars in Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages.
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PANAMA CITY BEACH Federal prosecutors have indicted five people in connection to an alleged mortgage fraud scheme that involved nine Panama City Beach properties and nearly $9 million. Investigators s
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By Brendan Kirby, Press-Register MOBILE, Alabama A federal judge here today sentenced a Baldwin County man to 2 years in prison but spared the defendant’s wife for aiding a massive
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When a person completes a real estate transaction that they perceived to be legitimate, it can come as a huge shock if they are suddenly accused of criminal mortgage fraud in Arizona. Even if a person is not…
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Toronto’s housing market is strong, and by all accounts real estate investors have been doing very well for themselves, and so this Star article about a lawyer who allegedly helped clients…
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USA TODAY If you suspect you have been a victim of a mortgage modification scam related to HAMP, contact the SIGTARP hot line at 877-744-2009. Yet scam artists have convinced struggling homeowners to pay a fee…
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John E. Evans, III, 32, Fort Myers, Florida, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud in connection with making false representations in a mortgage loan application.
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