CBS LocalLAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas lawyer has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and fraud charges in a mortgage scheme that prosecutors say cost banks $30 million. The 43-year-old Gerry Zobrist pleaded…

“He trusted people his wife dealt with,” Conners said. “I think you’ll find him not guilty on all counts.” The Internal Revenue Service and the FBI investigated the Kistner case as part of a mortgage-fraud task

The Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force was established to unify the agencies that regulate and investigate mortgage fraud and promote the early detection, identification, prevention, and prosecution of mortgage…

A Summerville real estate agent has pleaded guilty for his part in a $45 million mortgage fraud conspiracy and tax crimes, Live 5 News reported. Scott M. Wickershame, 33, was accused of conspiracy to committ…

It was alleged Adams and co-conspirators committed mortgage fraud between February and June 2006 by using straw buyers to buy nine properties ranging from $530,000 to $1.3 million in Tucson, Nogales and Vail.

SANTA ANA, CA Federal authorities have arrested five people allegedly involved in a builder bailout real estate scheme that fraudulently purchased more than 100 condominium units around the country with…

It was alleged Adams and co-conspirators committed mortgage fraud between February and June 2006 by using straw buyers to buy nine properties ranging from $530,000 to $1.3 million in Tucson, Nogales and Vail.

Nevins was found guilty of participating in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering from June 12 to July 14, 2006. Nevins was a straw buyer in the conspiracy, which was part of a $657,768…

InMaricopa.comA letter sent to homeowners promising participation in a national lawsuit against a mortgage lender is a fraud, said Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne in a release. The letter arrives in an…

A real estate closing attorney will take a plea in a federal mortgage fraud case that was unsealed last week in Birmingham, Ala. Kelvin Leonard Davis, 41, has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of wire fraud…