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…
Continue Reading...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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Gaston E. Cantens, 73, of Miami, was charged in a criminal Information with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for making false promises to investors that their investments would be guaranteed by properties or mortgages that acted as collateral.
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The charismatic South Florida trader, who rode the crest of the housing boom by popularizing risky investments in mortgage pools, defended himself at his federal civil fraud trial in November in West Palm Beach…
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Plain Dealer (blog) CLEVELAND — A federal judge today sentenced two major players in one of the country’s largest mortgage fraud schemes to lengthy prison terms. Tony Viola, a real estate company owner from…
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News10.net Two West Sacramento residents were indicted Thursday for their part in a mortgage fraud scheme amounting in losses of $710000 to lenders. According to US District Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, a federal…
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Three Chicago churches were among the victims of a mortgage scam, federal prosecutors said today in announcing an indictment against an Ohio man. The churches were only identified as Victims A, B and C…
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Plain Dealer (blog) By Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two men accused of playing major roles in one of the country’s largest mortgage fraud schemes received long sentences Thursday…
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