Todd Britton-Harr, 35, Perdido Key, Florida, a former real estate agent, was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of making false statements in loan and mortgage documents.

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Late yesterday, a jury in US District Court in Panama City convicted Avinie Maurice Bates, III, 41, of Miramar, on one count of wire fraud for his role in an elaborate mortgage-fraud scheme that spanned from…

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A Reynoldsburg man is indicted, accused of defrauding lenders of more than $3.5 million in mortgage loans in Columbus. According to the IRS, a federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging Kevin…

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Vafa Allan Khoshbin, 52, Los Angeles, California, state bar number 165486, an attorney accused of misappropriating $1.1 million from 10 clients, has agreed to be disbarred.  The case was one of the largest misappropriation cases ever handled by the California Office of Chief Trial Counsel.

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By Bonnie Hobbs Two Fairfax residents pleaded guilty in federal court last week for their roles in a $1.5 million mortgage-fraud scheme. They are Peter Kim, 39, and Erin Cullen, 32. In addition, in the…

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Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.com Donald Kohut, accused in mortgage fraud case, is arrested as he leaves lawyer …Hunterdon County Democrat – NJ.comBy Terry Wright/Hunterdon County Democrat FLEMINGTON

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Marien Brown, Wentzville, Missouri, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, and ordered to pay approximately $250,000 restitution for falsely representing that she operated a “mortgage rescue” or “foreclosure rescue” service.

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David M. Connolly, Watchung, New Jersey, has been charged by The Securities and Exchange Commission with operating a Ponzi-like scheme involving a series of investment vehicles formed for the purported purpose of purchasing and managing rental apartment buildings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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President Barack Obama used his January State of the Union address to show he’s on top of the housing crisis, announcing a new special unit to investigate mortgage fraud. But the…

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KSDKSt. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly contends the accused lenders engaged in fraud and deception by failing to file documents with the county’s recorder of deeds. The lawsuit claims that the…

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