When a person completes a real estate transaction that they perceived to be legitimate, it can come as a huge shock if they are suddenly accused of criminal mortgage fraud in Arizona. Even if a person is not…

Toronto’s housing market is strong, and by all accounts real estate investors have been doing very well for themselves, and so this Star article about a lawyer who allegedly helped clients…

USA TODAY If you suspect you have been a victim of a mortgage modification scam related to HAMP, contact the SIGTARP hot line at 877-744-2009. Yet scam artists have convinced struggling homeowners to pay a fee…

The charismatic South Florida trader, who rode the crest of the housing boom by popularizing risky investments in mortgage pools, defended himself at his federal civil fraud trial in November in West Palm Beach…

News10.net Two West Sacramento residents were indicted Thursday for their part in a mortgage fraud scheme amounting in losses of $710000 to lenders. According to US District Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, a federal…

Plain Dealer (blog) CLEVELAND — A federal judge today sentenced two major players in one of the country’s largest mortgage fraud schemes to lengthy prison terms. Tony Viola, a real estate company owner from…

Plain Dealer (blog) By Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two men accused of playing major roles in one of the country’s largest mortgage fraud schemes received long sentences Thursday…

Three Chicago churches were among the victims of a mortgage scam, federal prosecutors said today in announcing an indictment against an Ohio man. The churches were only identified as Victims A, B and C…

WASHINGTON The secretary of Las Vegas-based CPT Real Estate Investments pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a $3.4 million mortgage fraud scheme involving victims in the Las Vegas area, announced…

The brothers pleaded guilty to the first criminal fraud count, which detailed the scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and the FHA. One brother received a prison sentence of 18 months and the other was sentenced…