WASHINGTON The secretary of Las Vegas-based CPT Real Estate Investments pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $3.4 million mortgage fraud scheme involving victims in the Las Vegas area, announced…

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Consumers are warned to be cautious in dealing with several enterprises offering seminars on how to “get rich quick” in real estate, which may include illegal practices such as equity skimming, preparation of false documents and pass-through escrows.

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The brothers pleaded guilty to the first criminal fraud count, which detailed the scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and the FHA. One brother received a prison sentence of 18 months and the other was sentenced…

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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…

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Eitan Maximov, 39, a citizen of Israel and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was convicted after a six-day jury trial on one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud and one count of wire fraud as a result of his leadership in a cash-back mortgage fraud scheme that took place during 2006-2008.

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Nova News Now By Tina Comeau – Charges filed against 11 people in relation to an RCMP investigation into an alleged mortgage fraud scheme were back before the court on Jan. 3. But judging by the complexity…

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OAKLAND — A disabled man is fighting an eviction scheduled today that would oust him from his home of 26 years, as he tries to advance his claim that he was the victim of mortgage fraud. Leonard Keith Wilson…

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The Fourth District Court of Appeal has been asked to certify that its recent decision in Law Offices of David Stern, P.A. v. State of Florida passes upon a question of great public importance. The Stern case is significant because FDUPTA is the principal enforcement tool available to the Attorney General’s Office to remedy foreclosure-related misconduct.

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WPRO During August 2010, members of the Rhode Island State Police received information of a mortgage fraud scheme perpetrated by a Dr. Timothy E. O’Brien, age 55, of 42 Marine Road, South Kingstown, RI, and…

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Plain Dealer (blog) By Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Beachwood businessman Uri Gofman pleaded guilty to 23 counts on federal mortgage-fraud related charges Friday that a jury could not…

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