David Saks is a musician, retired real estate broker, and long-time ActiveRain member.
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2012
Egregious Mortgage Scam Lands Fraudster in Prison for 12 Years Eric Omar Jones, 41, Clinton, North Carolina, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III to 151 months' imprisonment followed by five years' supervised release for leading a straw borr...
01/18/2012
Charges filed for Seller Misrepresentations in Straw Buyer Scam David R. Sharrock, 69, Mansfield, Ohio, Richard W. Balliett, 44, Bucyrus, Ohio, Rhonda J. McElroy, 49, Bellville, Ohio, and Ronald L. Kightlinger, 51, Crestline, Ohio, have been indicted and charged with multiple counts of bank and w...
01/18/2012
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Broker Gets 2 Years Behind Bars for Fraud Scheme Keith Davis, 39, Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway to 2 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of sentence, the court also ordered him to pay $1,004,000.04 in restitutio...
01/18/2012
Former Employee of Mortgage Lender Admits Fraud Jorge Abbud, 33, Dover, N.J., a former employee of a Parsippany, N.J., mortgage lender admitted to taking $138,402 in illegitimate proceeds of multiple home sales as a result of a mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant pleaded guilty before U.S. Distr...
01/18/2012
Broker Sentenced to 2 Years for Defrauding Lenders Douglas Skibicki, 42, Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for two counts of mail fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in whic...
01/18/2012
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Closing Attorney Sentenced for Improper Distributions William Helbley, Poland, Ohio, has been sentenced for his role in a scheme whereby lenders were induced to approve and fund loans based on the fraudulent loan applications. Hebley, a title agent, assisted the ringleader in receiving thousands...
01/18/2012
Real Estate Investor Sentenced for Tax & Mortgage Fraud Deangelo Wade, 41, Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on January 11, 2012, to 40 months imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to the IRS and the FDIC. In addition, Abe Beydoun was sentenced to 12 months and one day imprisonment and order...
01/18/2012
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Have you ever taken a continuing education class that sucked ? Many of them do. They suck for various and sundry reasons. Here are a few: 1. The instructor is a boring, monotonic dullard. 2. The classroom has food stains all over the furniture. 3. The lesson has no practical, applicable meaning ...
01/17/2012
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#1490 An owner of a parcel of real estate allows a trespasser to continue trespassing on the land and takes no action against the trespasser throughout a statutory period. The trespasser can inevitably gain the legal right to continue trespassin...
01/16/2012
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#1489 When we talk about a license a license is always considered to be an example of a restriction which is invariably combined with an encroachment. Is this true or false ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo. ...
01/16/2012