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There are so many outlets for specific information in the world today. The internet hosts copious amounts of websites that give each user exactly what they want. Today we want to shine a little spotlight on an interesting and useful blog that’s been giving readers exactly what they want since 2004. Mortgage Fraud Blog is receiving some buzz from the Experts Institute and here at Appraisal Buzz we aren’t shy about giving kudos. Today, we talk with attorney and author of Mortgage Fraud Blog on her recent nomination.
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For a time dubbed one of the San Diego FBI’s most wanted cyber fugitives, John Gordon Baden hid out in Tijuana, where he trafficked in the stolen identities of potential homeowners who applied for loans through a U.S. mortgage company.
By the time Mexican authorities arrested Baden in November 2014, U.S. investigators say his computer hack had given him access to more than a half-million loan documents containing names, social security numbers, addresses and email accounts.
A federal judge Tuesday sentenced two people to 30 months and 46 months in prison for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved seven properties in Honolulu and Kona.
Visiting U.S. District Senior Judge Charles R. Breyer sentenced Sakara Blackwell, the real estate broker formerly known as Dawn Sakaguchi, to the 30-month prison term. It was Blackwell who handled the sales of the properties that still had mortgages on them to buyers who were unaware of the mortgages.
Two brothers accused of bilking a Castalia man out of $30,000 face felony charges of grand theft following a grand jury indictment in August, court records show.
Daniel Keegan, 45, of Castalia, and David Keegan, 47, of Sandusky, could face up to 18 months in jail after a Castalia man said he entered into an agreement to purchase real estate at 7349 E. Ohio 101 only to find out the brothers did not own the land and allegedly were not making mortgage payments to the bank.
A former Augusta-area businesswoman was fairly tried and sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for a massive fraud based on a phony mortgage rescue operation, an appeals court has declared.
In a six-page opinion released Wednesday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Regina Preetorius’ convictions for mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
A New York man charged in a $20 million telemarketing scheme that involved Detroit homes has been extradited from Spain, federal officials announced Friday.
Erez Arsoni is among 16 people accused in federal court of luring 290 victims in 46 states and Canada into a fraudulent investment operation focused on low-cost Detroit real estate.
Arsoni left the country before charges were issued in September 2014.
Ralph Leyva pleaded no contest to three counts of grand theft and one count of burglary. The defendant, who had no previous criminal history, received the maximum prison sentence and was ordered to pay full restitution to the victims.
Prosecutors said Leyva solicited money from two victims under the false pretenses that he was selling them bulk foreclosed properties owned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at a 30 percent discounted price. The victims believed that the sales were being facilitated by California R.E.O. Services, LLC, which Leyva operated out of a Fresno address.
Porn studio Malibu Media files a lot of copyright lawsuits—more than any other entity in the US. In all, the company has filed more than 4,300 lawsuits since 2009, according to a report by Lex Machina. Malibu relies on a network of attorneys in several states to sue thousands of Internet users for downloading Malibu’s pornographic movies.
Now, one of the main figures behind the litigation, attorney Paul Nicoletti, is in trouble with the law. This summer, Nicoletti was indicted on four charges of bank fraud, stemming from real estate deals he did back in 2005. The charges were unsealed three weeks ago and published on Saturday by the blog Fight Copyright Trolls.
Brent Barber’s presence in Kansas City was once likened to that of a hurricane.
That comparison was made by the U.S. Attorney who in 2006 prosecuted the Belton man for his mortgage fraud scheme, which left sections of midtown and the East Side in ruins.
A former Anna Maria Island real estate agent accused of bilking vacationers of $200,000 was indicted Sept. 1 and now faces a federal mail fraud charge and trial.
The U.S. District Court arrested Michael Perry Carleton of Bradenton Sept. 3 when he turned himself in the day after a federal clerk issued a warrant in connection with a grand jury indictment, according to U.S. Postal Inspector Alexandra Papageorge.