Mortgage Scams Identity Theft News - Thu Nov 17, 2011

Feds shut down high-tech mortgage scammers CBS News The Treasury Department shut down 85 alleged online mortgage scams that advertised with Google to target struggling homeowners. The scammers allegedly preyed on homeowners seeking to lower their mortgages through a program created by the Troubled Asset ...

Tucson Loan Officer Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme LoanSafe by Moe Bedard on November 16, 2011 in Scams (Source: FBI) -TUCSON, AZ—A federal grand jury in Tucson returned an indictment against Juan Delgado of Tucson, Ariz., charging the defendant with four counts of wire fraud. According to the indictment, ...

State AG's Office Cracking Down on Mortgage Modification Scams KLAS-TV By Steve Kanigher, I-Team Producer - email Con artists who promise to help homeowners modify their mortgage loans for a fee but wind up ripping them off have caught the attention of NevadaAttorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and her Mortgage Fraud ...

Owner of Metro Dream Homes Charged in $78 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme LoanSafe ... wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with his participation in a massive mortgage fraud scheme which promised to pay off homeowners' mortgages on their “Dream Homes,” but left them to fend for themselves. ...

Last Remaining Defendants in “Hope Now” Scheme Settle FTC Charges; Order Puts ... RealEstateRama (press release) For consumer information about avoiding mortgage and foreclosure rescue scams, see Your Home at the FTC website Money Matters. The Commission vote approving the proposed consent order against defendants Michael Kwasnik and Kwasnik, Rodio, ...

Winnebago County recorder still finds instances of 'robo-signing' Rockford Register Star McPherson is one of 12 county recorders collecting evidence of mortgage document fraud forIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. She joined the wave of state attorneys general investigating foreclosures in May when she issued subpoenas against Lender ...

Ventura team fights against real estate fraud abc7.com But they both lost their home while trying to get what they thought would be amortgage loan modification with the help of Maria Victoria Santos. Santos ran a business out of an office building in Ventura that is now empty. ...

Feds shut down alleged mortgage scammers who used Google ads ... The Treasury Department declined to comment on whether it would hold Google accountable for accepting ads from, according to officials, rogue mortgage ...

Mortgage Scams in a Weak Housing Market Despite a decrease in identity fraud in the housing market, there has been a significant uptick in other types of fraud as scammers try to profit from the sector's ...

FBI — Tucson Loan Officer Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme A conviction for wire fraud carries a maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment, a $250000 fine or both for each count. In determining the actual sentence, the ...

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