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Thursday, May 17 2012 01:18
Jurors Set to Decide Fate of Defendants in Sevier Mortgage Fraud Case
Jurors Set to Decide Fate of Defendants in Sevier Mortgage Fraud Case
LoanSafe
Kerley and Whaley are accused of plotting with Sevier County developer Kenneth Lee and mortgage broker Mary Bivens in a scheme designed to skim off equity milk from fraudulent loans that left...
Thursday, May 17 2012 00:32
South Florida Lawyer Files Mortgage Fraud Lawsuit Against TotalBank and Banco ...
South Florida Lawyer Files Mortgage Fraud Lawsuit Against TotalBank and Banco ...
Albany Times Union
Prominent South Florida lawyer John Herrera recently filed a civil lawsuit charging mortgage fraud against TotalBank, Banco Popular...
Wednesday, May 16 2012 22:39
New York Lawyer Suspended for Failing to Stop Mortgage Fraud
New York Lawyer Suspended for Failing to Stop Mortgage Fraud
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
Thomson Reuters News & Insight New York lawyer suspended for failing to stop mortgage fraud Thomson Reuters News & Insight Kontogiannis pleaded guilty in October 2010 to conspiring to commit bank and wire...
Tuesday, May 15 2012 22:31
Big Time Mortgage Scammer Sentenced in Baltimore for Massive $78 Million ...
Big Time Mortgage Scammer Sentenced in Baltimore for Massive $78 Million ...
LoanSafe
Bay Net Mortgage fraud is every bit as corrosive to society as street crime,†stated Eric Hylton, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Washington DC Field Office.
Tuesday, May 15 2012 22:31
Reports of Suspected Mortgage Fraud Rise in South Florida, Everywhere Else
Reports of Suspected Mortgage Fraud Rise in South Florida, Everywhere Else
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
Housing Wire Florida accounted for more of those reports than any state but California and was the source of one in every 10 cases of suspected mortgage fraud. In 2002, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...
Tuesday, May 15 2012 22:31
Disbarred RI Lawyer Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud
Disbarred RI Lawyer Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud
Boston.com
WPROPROVIDENCE, RI A disbarred Rhode Island attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a $1.1 million mortgage fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 66-year-old James...
Tuesday, May 15 2012 22:31
Federal Panel in Virginia to Hear Ex-Mortgage Exec's Appeal in $3B Fraud ...
Federal Panel in Virginia to Hear Ex-Mortgage Exec's Appeal in $3B Fraud ...
Washington Post
A former mortgage company executive convicted of orchestrating a nearly $3 billion fraud scheme is asking a federal appeals panel to reverse his conviction and send his case back to a lower court. Attorneys for...
Tuesday, May 15 2012 22:31
Mortgage Broker Convicted of Fraud Wants his Sentence Vacated
Mortgage Broker Convicted of Fraud Wants his Sentence Vacated
WCNC
Michael Pahutski, who was sentenced last year to 19 years in prison one of the longest sentences ever in the Charlotte area for crimes related to mortgage fraud filed a motion Tuesday asking...
Monday, May 14 2012 05:47
Suspected Mortgage Fraud Tops FinCen List
Suspected Mortgage Fraud Tops FinCen List
Housing Wire
Housing Wire By Kerri Panchuk Potential mortgage fraud reports recorded in 2010 and 2011 accounted for 37% of all suspicious mortgage-related activity filings in the past decade, the Treasury department's...
Sunday, May 13 2012 12:35
Deutsche Bank to Pay $202 Million Over Mortgage Fraud
Deutsche Bank to Pay $202 Million Over Mortgage Fraud
Bloomberg
BBC NewsDeutsche Bank AG (DBK) agreed to pay $202.3 million to settle civil claims that its MortgageIT unit lied to qualify thousands of risky mortgages for a federal insurance program in what the US called...
Sunday, May 13 2012 12:35
Mortgage Fraud Nets Florida Man 6-Year Term
Mortgage Fraud Nets Florida Man 6-Year Term
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Michael Prieskorn is indicted for allegedly running one of the largest mortgage fraud schemes in state history reversed his earlier plea 3/23 Tuesday and admitted to two of the 27 charges against him in federal...
Sunday, May 13 2012 12:35
4 Sentenced in $20M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
4 Sentenced in $20M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
San Jose Mercury News
Four people have been sentenced in a $20 million mortgage scheme that involved properties in Northern California. Seventy-six-year-old Ronald Nelson and his wife, 53-year-old Edith Nelson, both of Discovery Bay...
Sunday, May 13 2012 12:35
Federal Authorities Focusing Energies on Stopping Mortgage Fraud
Federal Authorities Focusing Energies on Stopping Mortgage Fraud
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
News10.net With increased pursuit of perpetrators of mortgage fraud and recently increased penalties, it is imperative that people accused of or under suspicion of mortgage fraud get help to protect their rights...
Friday, May 11 2012 22:59
Mortgage Fraud Nets Florida Man 6-Year Term
Mortgage Fraud Nets Florida Man 6-Year Term
LoanSafe
(Source: Jennifer Bjorhus Star Tribune, Minneapolis (MCT) A man indicted for running one of the state's larger mortgage fraud schemes was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison. Michael Prieskorn...
Friday, May 11 2012 22:59
Shooting Victim Facing Jail Over Mortgage Fraud
Shooting Victim Facing Jail Over Mortgage Fraud
Scotsman
Scotsman His sister, Emma Jean Young, 23, also faced charges of mortgage fraud, but her not guilty plea was accepted. Kelbie was shot in the back in the car park of Bannatyne's Health Club, Newcraighall, on Octo
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