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Va. AG Settles With Loan Modification Company

RICHMOND, Va. (Source: Legal Newsline BY BRYAN COHEN) – Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced a lawsuit on Thursday against a Chesapeake, Va.-based mortgage loan modification company for allegedly charging illegal advance fees for its “foreclosure rescue” services.


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Fennville Woman Convicted on 9 Counts for Mortgage Fraud

FENNVILLE, Mich. (Source: NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A judge in Allegan County has convicted a Fennville woman on nine counts for her role in a mortgage fraud rescue scheme.


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Va Settles Foreclosure Rescue Case, Files Another

(Source: Bloomberg Businessweek) – Virginia has reached a settlement with one mortgage loan modification company and sued another.


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Seven Firms Charged in Mortgage Loan Scheme

MATAWAN (Source: GM News) — A borough firm was among seven mortgage loan modification firms targeted by the state Division of Consumer Affairs for illegally offering mortgage modification services to homeowners in dire financial straits.


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On Shaky Financial Ground? 3 Reasons Why Loan Modifications Won’t Solve Your Problems

(Source: Fox News) – Let’s assume you live in one of the geographical areas hardest hit by the home mortgage crisis. The economic boom that your lender assured you would continue to boost the value of your home has turned [...]


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Miami Mortgage Loan Modifiers Arrested on Fraud, Racketeering Charges

(Source: By Diane C. Lade, Sun Sentinel) – The owners of a Miami home loan modification company were arrested on criminal charges Wednesday for allegedly defrauding 500 homeowners statewide out of $750,000, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said. The Attorney [...]


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Injunction Obtained in New York Loan Modification Scam Lawsuit Against Homesafe America, Inc.

NEW YORK, NY – August 16, 2011 – (Source: The Lawyers’ Committee and Davis Polk) — This morning, Justice John M. Galasso of the Nassau County Supreme Court issued a sweeping order shutting down one of New York’s largest mortgage [...]


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Judge Slams Door on Mortgage Ripoffs Homesafe America Inc. and United Solutions

(Source: New York Daily News) – A judge shut down a Long Island mortgage brokerage accused of ripping off hundreds of struggling homeowners through loan modification scams.


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DFI Warns Against Possible Loan Modification Scam by Summit Alliance Group LLC

(Source: The News Tribune Posted By C.R. Roberts) – The state Department of Financial Institutions is announcing that it has received complaints from consumers relating to loan modification services that were to be – but were not – provided by [...]


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New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Pursues Fraudulent Loan Modification Providers While Seeking Help for the Victims

NEWARK, NJ – August 3, 2011 – (Source: Associa) — Continuing the State’s on-going efforts to thwart fraudulent “mortgage loan modification” enterprises, Attorney General Paula T. Dow and the State Division of Consumer Affairs filed administrative actions against seven businesses [...]


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State Cracks Down on 7 Allegedly Fraudulent Loan Modification Companies

(Source: By Sarah Portlock / The Star-Ledger) – Seven unlicensed mortgage loan modification businesses are facing cease and desist orders from the state’s Attorney General as part of a crackdown on financial fraud schemes, the state Division of Consumer Affairs [...]


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BBB Busts Eden Prairie Loan Modification Scam

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (Source: by Karen Scullen / FOX 9 News) – Now that an Eden Prairie company offering home loan modifications has been busted by the Better Business Bureau, some Minnesotans are telling the alleged scammer to pay up [...]


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Va. Beach Loan Modification Firm to Pay $54K to Settle Suit

(Source: By Josh Brown The Virginian-Pilot) – A Virginia Beach-based company has agreed to pay $54,200 to settle allegations that it charged homeowners facing foreclosure thousands in illegal upfront fees to help save their homes, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli [...]


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First Universal Lending: FTC Stops Bogus Loan Modification Firm

(Source: FTC by Moe Bedard) – Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court banned three men and their company from the mortgage modification business and ordered them to pay nearly $19 million for consumer refunds. The [...]


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City Attorney Seeking Homeowners Involved in Loan Modification Scam

SAN DIEGO (Source: 760kfmb) – The City Attorney’s Office announced Monday it is looking for homeowners who might have been charged upfront for unfulfilled loan modification services by Nations Mortgage Solutions, whose owner was recently prosecuted.


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Beware Loan-Modification, Foreclosure Scams

LOS ANGELES (Source: KABC) – One in nine homeowners nationwide are more than 90 days behind on their mortgage payments and fear of foreclosure has desperate homeowners turning to loan modifications or foreclosure rescue companies for help. But that may [...]


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Theft Charges Against Loan Modifier Dismissed

NEWPORT BEACH (Source: By ALEJANDRA MOLINA THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) – Multiple counts of grand theft against a Costa Mesa loan modifier have been dismissed, according to court records.


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James Toufic Assali: OC Loan Modification Con Man Saught By Police

(Source: LoanSafe.org by Moe Bedard) – Hey James Toufic Assali, are you a flaming idiot or just a selfish OC prick blinded by greed? Come on dude, you must either have a prison death wish or you simply like to [...]


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8 Ways to Spot Loan Modification Scams

(Source: NASDAQ by JR Hevron) – Be wary of anyone who promises that they can “fix” your mortgage for you. Anything they “claim” they can do, you can do better.


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First Universal Lending: Loan modification firm to pay $18.8 million

(Source: TC Palm) PALM BEACH GARDENS — Three Palm Beach County men, including a Palm Beach Gardens attorney, have agreed to an $18.8 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission following charges the trio preyed on struggling homeowners seeking loan [...]


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