A senior bank official in Galway has been arrested by Garda fraud squad detectives as part of a major ongoing investigation into mortgage fraud, the Galway City Tribune has learned. The arrest came as part of…

A federal judge sentenced the matriarch of a West Chester family, who was convicted earlier this year for her part in mortgage fraud, to prison for the better part of the next four years. Debbie Sferrazza, 47…

An Elmsford hairdresser was part of a mortgage fraud ring that conned a bank out of nearly $2 million, federal prosecutors say. But Joyce Lewis’s lawyer told a federal jury in White Plains Thursday that the…

Citizens are encouraged to report any suspected mortgage fraud activity by calling 203-333-3512 and requesting the Connecticut Mortgage Fraud Task Force, or by sending an e-mail to ctmortgagefraud@ic.fbi.gov.

Last month, state investigators arrested notary Hans Johns for theft and mortgage fraud. Now Johns insists he is guilty only by association. Johns is accused alongside two tenants who used to rent office space…

BOSTON A Fairhaven attorney with an office in Taunton was charged today in federal court with diverting mortgage loan funds from real estate closings. Craig J Martin, 53, of Taunton, was charged…

STAMFORD, Conn. Christian Tudorof, 43, of Stamford was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Tuesday [in a US District Court in New Haven] for his role in a $4 million…

COLUMBIA, SC United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Robert C Sasser, age 32, of Lexington, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia for wire fraud, a violation of 18 United States…

Cusic and Frey were arrested in April on charges including extortion and wire fraud. Frey’s attorney didn’t return a call for comment. Cusic and Frey beginning in January 2011 falsely told four clients who…

Tucson Citizen The objective of the conspiracy was to recruit unqualified borrowers as straw buyers, submit fraudulent loan applications on their behalf and on his own behalf, obtain mortgage loans in excess of…