By Michael Braga Then it was the title agent who closed more than 40 of his fraudulent deals in Southwest Florida. On Tuesday, a federal jury turned its attention to the first mortgage banker to have pleaded…

PHOENIX (AP) A former Phoenix real estate agent has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for mortgage fraud. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Joseph Bowen Brown, of Mesa, was given a 51…

Now, a Florida law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against the former developer, alleging it “engaged in a massive real estate and mortgage fraud involving fraudulent real estate appraisals…

The US Attorney and the FBI created the San Joaquin Valley Mortgage Fraud Task Force in 2009 to further the prosecution of mortgage fraud cases arising out of the southern half of the Central Valley. Assistant

CBS News The former chief financial officer at a now-bankrupt mortgage company is expected to plead guilty to federal charges as part of a $3 billion fraud scheme. A plea hearing is scheduled Tuesday at federal…

A former self-proclaimed Carlsbad-based real estate consultant who fraudulently induced lenders to fund millions of dollars in mortgage loans to purchase real estate in Florida, Georgia and California was…

The United States Attorney and the FBI created the San Joaquin Valley Mortgage Fraud Task Force in 2009 to further the prosecution of mortgage fraud cases arising out of the southern half of the Central Valley…

By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff Writer TAMPA An Oldsmar businessman pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud conspiracy charges on Wednesday in connection with a Tampa townhouse project. Richard Cartagena, 43…

By Wayne K. Roustan, Sun Sentinel The last of three people, accused of running a mortgage fraud scheme in Broward, was charged with four counts of wire fraud on Thursday, according to US Attorney…

Barbara Puro and co-conspirators several of whom have been sentenced for their role in the crime operated a mortgage fraud scheme that allegedly involved more than $10 million in fraudulent loan…