Thursday, March 1, 2012

Mortgage Scams Identity Theft - Thu Mar 1, 2012


Tenn. Consumer Affairs Warns of Mortgage Settlement Scams
WTVC
Tennesseans should be cautious of scammers using the recently announced national mortgage settlement to prey on consumers to get their bank account information or charge a fee to help them qualify for relief, according to the Tennessee Department of ...
Creating An American Dream For All Americans
LoanSafe
(Source: WhiteHouse.gov) — As our nation sank ever deeper into the subprime mortgage crisis over the past four years, Korean American homeowners in Southern California became particularly vulnerable to foreclosures and scams. In response to the ...
Don't believe mortgage settlement hype
Florida Courier
And don't expect the government to do anything to resolve and stop bank scamsmortgage frauds and other financial crimes. The only way to stop bank misconduct would be to pick one bank at a time and have all depositors to withdraw their money from ...
State targets bogus mortgage companies with phony Grand Rapids and Lansing ...
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
Berkline, which claims to be a downtown Grand Rapids-based mortgage company, is really a bogus “advance fee” scam that wants to take your money or your identity, OFIR spokesman Jason Moon said Wednesday. The company solicited customers through its web ...


6 Ways the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Will Fight for You
AARP News
A new consumer watchdog is gearing up in Washington, DC, to take on elder financial abuse, retirement investment scams, in-your-face debt collection and other shady money practices. The goal is to protect Americans' financial security as they work to ..

Fraud and Money Laundering: DML Associates, LLC Celebrates Two Years of ...
PR Leap (press release)
In order to meet these challenges, one must be able to answer the questions what is fraud? How does it happen? And who are the perpetrators? Fraud comes in many forms including mortgage, bank and corporate. Your company may unknowingly violate the ...
Lansing loan company ordered to stop doing business
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com
By Angela Wittrock | awittroc@mlive.com LANSING – A Lansing-based company has been ordered to cease operations by state investigators who say it was a scam, not a licensed lender. GreenPoint Capital offered consumers a range of loans, ...
Las Vegas loses standing as mortgage-fraud capital
Las Vegas Review - Journal
By Hubble Smith Las Vegas, once identified as "ground zero" for mortgage fraud, is no longer among the nation's top five regions for mortgage fraud per capita, according to an analysis by CoreLogic, a consumer financial information and research firm

NH AG warns of mortgage/foreclosure rescue scams
Foster's Daily Democrat
CONCORD — Unfortunately, during this time when many New Hampshire homeowners are struggling with their mortgages or facing foreclosure, there are unscrupulous scam artists advertising on the Internet, through the mail and elsewhere seeking to take ..
FBI says billions in financial crime restitution
Boston.com
February 27, 2012|Pete Yost, AP The FBI said Monday that its probes of financial crime last year led to more than 3000 convictions and over $12 billion in court-ordered restitution as agents attacked insider trading, Ponzi schemes and Medicare fraud in ...
FBI's Financial Crimes Report
LoanSafe
Mortgage fraud: During 2011, mortgage origination loans were at their lowest levels since 2001, partially due to tighter underwriting standards, while foreclosures and delinquencies have skyrocketed over the past few years.


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