New York Daily News If anything it could get worse,” he said The report listed “hot spots” for mortgage fraud. California, Florida and New York were among the hottest of those, in line with some of the worst

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The FBI seems to be stepping up its pursuit of mortgage fraud cases against home builders, although many of the recently settled cases appear to be left over from as long ago as the building boom. In a report…

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Vincent J. Garcia, 59, Albuquerque, New Mexico, a real estate developer, pleaded guilty to committing bank fraud in the amount of $365,677 under a plea agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office.

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According to court documents, the orchestrator of the mortgage fraud scheme was Juan Carlos Gonzalez, who previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison. Gonzalez entered into contracts to

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Demerara WavesOzone Park, Queens-based broker Edul Ahmad was indicted in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme, the US Attorney’s office announced today. Ahmad, who is a licensed real estate broker with Ahmad Rea

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“Mortgage fraud enables perpetrators to earn high profits through illicit activity that poses a relative low risk for discovery,” according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Yes, still. And, if

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Los Angeles TimesAn extensive mortgage-fraud ring led by the law firm Kramer and Kaslow has been stopped in its tracks, and the firm now faces national scrutiny following a lawsuit filed by the California Depar

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By US Department of Justice PLANO, Texas — A Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex homebuilder pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced US Attorney John M. Bales today

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WHITE PLAINS A North Castle woman has been indicted on 19 counts pertaining to residential mortgage fraud. Loronda Murphy, 47, was charged with mortgage fraud, grand larceny, falsifying business recor

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The Federal Bureau of Investigations reports that mortgage fraud is still on the rise. Hard to believe since there has been so much media coverage and so much attention paid to it by state and federal law enfor

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