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Former Real Estate Agent Gets 4 Years for Loan Misreps
Thursday, May 24 2012 08:12
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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Lawyer Disbarred After Stealing $1.1M in Mortgage Modification Scam
Thursday, May 24 2012 00:07
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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Fraudsters Convicted of Straw Buyer Scheme
Wednesday, May 23 2012 06:10
Jerry Kerley, 58, Kodak, Tennessee, and Jeffrey Whaley, 48, of Sevierville, Tennessee, were convicted by a jury in U.S. Distict Court, Knoxville, of all counts in the indictment, including wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
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Jury Convicts Man of Forging Loan Documents
Wednesday, May 23 2012 05:51
David E. Miller, 61, Brentwood, Tennessee was convicted by a federal jury of two counts of making a false statement to a bank and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
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Foreclosure Scam Artist Sentenced
Tuesday, May 22 2012 01:19
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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Man Charged with Fraud in Foreclosure Scam
Tuesday, May 22 2012 00:37
Rickey White, 46, Westland, Michigan, faces criminal charges for collecting upfront fees and impersonating a mortgage modification company.
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