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Mortgage Modification Scam via Freedom Companies Lending aka Freedom Financial Mortgage

(Source: BBB) – Boise, Idaho . . . Gavin Gee, director of the Idaho Department of Finance, today warned that a company calling itself Freedom Companies Marketing, Inc., Freedom Companies, Inc., Freedom Companies Lending, and Freedom Financial Mortgage (Freedom) has [...]


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Marketers Falsely Claimed to Be Affiliated with Federal Assistance Programs, Agency Alleges

(Source: Media-Newswire.com) – The Federal Trade Commission put an end to three schemes that claimed they would help consumers with their mortgage and debt problems, as part of settlements with defendants who allegedly claimed a bogus affiliation with government assistance [...]


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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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Nevada Judge Sentences 2 Men in Connection with Loan Modification Scam, Orders Them to Pay Up

LAS VEGAS (Source: The republic) — The Nevada Attorney General says two men have been sentenced and ordered to pay restitution in connection with a mortgage scam involving Nevada homeowners.


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4 Arrested In Mortgage Modification Scam

MIAMI (Source: Local10) – Four members of a Miami company were arrested, accused of stealing $750,000 from hundreds of clients in a mortgage modification scam.


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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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2 Sentenced for Mortgage Scam, Ordered to Pay Restitution

(Source: Las Vegas Sun By Steve Kanigher) – A District Court judge sentenced one man to prison and another man to probation in connection with a mortgage scam involving Nevada homeowners, the Nevada attorney general’s office said today.


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Is Now the Time to Refinance Your Mortgage?

(Source: Daily Finance By Catherine New) – Some homeowners in their 50s are taking advantage of historic low rates to refinance their homes and score themselves a mortgage-free retirement.


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Trafford Realty Firm Owner Sean Kerrigan Indicted

(Source: By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) – The owner of a Trafford real estate company has been indicted on charges of structuring bank withdrawals with a fugitive who disappeared in 2008.


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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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Taskforce to Investigate Real Estate Scam

(Source: ABC News) – Government agencies in Western Australia have launched a taskforce to investigate a reported real estate scam – the second of its kind in a year.


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Perth Scam Targets Absent Property Owners

(Source: SMH) – A Perth couple who returned home to find their property had been sold without their knowledge or permission might not be the only victims of a real estate scam targeting absent owners.


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Don’t be Fooled by These Five Mortgage Scams

(Source: Fox Business By Polyana da Costa) – The sagging economy and sluggish housing market create the perfect environment for mortgage scams, with desperate homeowners as easy prey for scammers.


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Real Estate Fraud Is “Bigger Than Ever”

(Source: Miami New Times) – Guilty, guilty: Elroy Phillips, who claims to have evidence proving he is innocent, and the dirty cop he claims set him up should be sitting together in a cell (“Almost Innocent,” Eric Barton, August 4). [...]


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Watch Out for Those Peddling Reverse Mortgages

(Source: By Donna Gehrke-White Sun Sentinel) – Last week’s guilty plea from three who admitted to participating in a $2.5 million reverse mortgage fraud scheme should remind seniors to be careful over entering into such a financial agreement that can [...]


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Five Lawyers Charged In $58M Mortgage Fraud Scheme

(Source: Wall Street Journal By Chad Bray) – Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday charged fourteen people in an alleged $58 million mortgage fraud, including five lawyers, one of whom previously had been disbarred. The scheme, which ran from [...]


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13 Charged in $60 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

(sOURCE: fOX nEWS By Jana Winter) – The FBI has arrested 10 people charged with participating in a $60 million mortgage fraud ring early Thursday morning in the New York area, FoxNews.com has learned.


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Lawyer, Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

(Source: Bloomberg Busisnessweek By NOMAAN MERCHANT) – An Arkansas lawyer and businessman admitted Wednesday to staging a Ponzi scheme that netted more than $47 million, a scam one prosecutor called the largest case of fraud in state history.


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Real Estate Agent Granted Leave Before Court Appearance

(Source: SMH Glenn Jackson, Greg Prichard) – FOLLOWING a meeting with his employer yesterday, real estate agent Greg Tait, the the latest person to be charged in relation to the NRL betting scandal, was given leave and his profile removed [...]


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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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U.S. Attorney Accuses 27 in South Florida of Mortgage Fraud

(Source: The Miami Herald By TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA) – Four separate indictments were unsealed Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami accusing 27 people in various mortgage fraud schemes against banks and South Florida homeowners.


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Florida Bar Disciplines 22 Attorneys

(Source: srpressgazette) – The Florida Bar, the state’s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, announces that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 22 attorneys, disbarring 10 and suspending 10. Some attorneys received more than one [...]


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Straw Man Mortgage Fraudster Headed to Federal Prison

(Source: Forbes By Bill Singer) – Federal prosecutors alleged that from 2005 through 2007, Micah Meyers, a former manager at Islip, New York based mortgage brokerage firm Bridgewater Funding, LLC (“Bridgewater”), submitted fraudulent loan applications as part of a scheme [...]


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SJ Man Pleads in Real Estate Fraud Case

(Source: NBC Bay Area) – A South Bay man is due to be sentenced in Santa Clara County  Superior Court on Dec. 15 to five years in prison for defrauding investors in  two failed real estate projects of $1.2 million.


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Jackson Minister Begins 16-Year Sentence for $10 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

JACKSON, Miss. (Source: The Republic) — A Jackson minister has reported to prison to serve a 16-year term for his part in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than $10 million in fraudulent loans.


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BBB Warns of Mortgage Scams

(Source: Fox 8 Live) – Foreclosures are on the rise in Louisiana and so are the number of scams targeting troubled homeowners. In the past month, at least a dozen consumers have contacted the FOX 8 Defenders reporting mortgage help [...]


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New Jersey Woman Pleads Guilty in Student-Loan Scam

(Source: The Philly Inquirer By Darran Simon) – A 23-year-old woman admitted Thursday that she filed more than 90 fradulent student-loan applications seeking more $1.7 million. The Browns Mills resident, who had taken only a handful of college courses, received [...]


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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 Man Charged In Mortgage Rescue Fraud Case

(Source: By Tim McGlone The Virginian-Pilot) – A Virginia Beach man who ran a mortgage rescue company has been indicted on charges of bilking customers out of millions of dollars.


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