Archives For August 2011

“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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Kenneth Steward, 45, South Holland, Illinois, was sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison for directing a $35 million mortgage fraud scheme involving more than 120 residences on the city’s south side. The scheme caused various lenders and financial institutions to lose approximately $16 million on mortgage loans that were not repaid by the borrowers or fully recovered through subsequent foreclosure sales.

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Kevin D. O’Connell, 62, Albany, New York, pled guilty on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud in connection with his role in a real estate investment fraud scheme.

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Vincent Weiner, a supervisor in the Key West Field Office, has been charged with grand theft and fraud after he allegedly made false claims on his property taxes, FDLE investigators said. Weiner has worked for

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MiamiHerald.comThe Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, 11th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, and Miami-Dade Police Department’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force partnered to arrest and

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Globe and MailS&P in US mortgage fraud probeToronto SunWASHINGTON – The US Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor’s improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years befor

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