Archives For August 2011

Mortgage lenders will have to continue being vigilant with the loans they make available to try and cut down on the amount of fraud cases. This is according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders …and more&nb

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An Atlanta mortgage broker and his former wife were sentenced Thursday for mortgage fraud and tax evasion. An Atlanta mortgage broker and his former wife were sentenced Thursday for mortgage fraud and tax evasi

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WPTVFour South Florida men are going before a federal judge tomorrow after being arrested in what investigators call a mortgage scam. Christopher Godfrey, 42, Dennis Fischer, 40, Vernell Burris, Jr., 51 and Bri

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KSTP.comA former loan officer at Wells Fargo Bank was sentenced to 13 months in prison for connection to a $4.3 million mortgage fraud scheme. Fifty-seven-year-old Larry Gene Hillard of Maple Grove was convicte

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Judge Linda Bell sentenced Joseph Lawrence Yorkus to a maximum of 102 months with a minimum of 24 months in the Nevada State Prison and ordered him to pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $346155.15

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KSTP.comA former loan officer at Wells Fargo Bank was sentenced to 13 months in prison for connection to a $4.3 million mortgage fraud scheme. Fifty-seven-year-old Larry Gene Hillard of Maple Grove was convicte

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WPTVFour South Florida men are going before a federal judge tomorrow after being arrested in what investigators call a mortgage scam. Christopher Godfrey, 42, Dennis Fischer, 40, Vernell Burris, Jr., 51 and Bri

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FOX 9 NewsAfter a two-year investigation, Cynthia Strand, a Forest Lake real estate closer, received the maximum sentence for a $1.2 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved 42 transactions. Strand was sente

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Four men have been charged in a mortgage modification scam in which they guaranteed modifications to thousands of homeowners through the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and allegedly collect

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WPTVFour South Florida men are going before a federal judge tomorrow after being arrested in what investigators call a mortgage scam. Christopher Godfrey, 42, Dennis Fischer, 40, Vernell Burris, Jr., 51 and Bri

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