David Saks' Blog

Follow me
By
Industry Observer - TN LIC# 290452
David Saks is a musician, retired real estate broker, and long-time ActiveRain member. David's blog features important information relevant to the safety, integrity and security of the industry. In addition to his widely read real estate fraud blog, a comprehensive overview of real estate continuing education is a weekly addition for his subscribers and the ActiveRain community at-large. Thank you for subscribing to and for visiting David's ActiveRain home on the internet. Please join. Membership in ActiveRain will enrich your life !

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2012 

                                                            #1781 When a listing is taken by an agent and the brokerage the listing is generally considered to be one which is an employment agreement for services carried out between the seller and the multiple listing service of the local realtor ...
08/12/2012
Chico Business Partners Sentenced to Jail for Mortgage Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office August 10, 2012 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700   SACRAMENTO, CA—Two Chico business partners were sentenced today to prison for a mortgage fraud scheme they operated in 2006-2007, United States Atto...
08/11/2012
Former Bank President Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud Conspiracy and Perjury Defendant Fleeced Failed Stockbridge Bank and at Least Ten Other Federally Insured Banks in Georgia and Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office August 09, 2012 Northern District of Georgia (404) 581-6000  ...
08/10/2012
Kankakee-Area Father and Son Charged with $1.7 Million Bank Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office August 08, 2012 Central District of Illinois (217) 492-4450   SPRINGFIELD, IL—A grand jury today returned an indictment charging Bourbonnais, Illinois businessman Gregory Yates, 53, and his son, Terrance Yat...
08/09/2012
Fannie Mae Extends Additional Assistance to Homeowners Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTC) opened an extension of its Los Angeles, California, Mortgage Help Center in the Inland Empire region to provide free education and counseling services to struggling California homeowners. The Inland Empire facility, in p...
08/08/2012
Man Charged for Attempting to Sell Homes He Did Not Own Gaetano Antonelli was charged in July 2012, with three cases of organized fraud (less than $20,000). Antonelli’s scheme involved contacting individuals who were behind on their mortgage payments and deceiving them into signing the deed to th...
08/08/2012
Jury Convicts 2 of Foreclosure Rescue Scheme Cathy Saffer, Pompano Beach, Florida, and Barrington Coombs, Weston, Florida, a certified public accountant, were convicted by the Department of Justice for their roles in a South Florida mortgage fraud scheme that took advantage of homeowners on the b...
08/08/2012
Straw Buyer Admits Tax Fraud Associated with Role in Mortgage Scam Dana C. Nuccio, 45, Hardy, Virginia, a straw buyer who lied on a tax form and was part of a larger mortgage fraud scheme, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Lynchburg to a ta...
08/08/2012
Man Agrees to $5M Civil Penalty for Allegedly Defrauding Homeowners, Lenders Terrill “Terry” Meisinger, Seal Beach, California, agreed to a $5 million civil penalty in connection with allegations of a massive fraud targeting homeowners, renters and lenders. The penalty was part of a settlement ag...
08/08/2012
Servicer Settles Forgery Charge DOCX, a mortgage-services company, and DOCX parent company Lender Processing  Services, Inc. (LPS), settles criminal proceedings with the State of Missouri. In February 2012, Attorney General Chris Koster obtained criminal indictments against DOCX related to its al...
08/08/2012
Rainmaker
1,572,727

David Saks

Broker / Industry Analyst
Contact The Author

Most real estate fraud-related articles and Department of Justice Press Releases published here are taken from the public record, which normally include press releases and court documents related to each entry and case. Any other type of record, i.e. newspaper reports, are only published after consent has been obtained from the original publisher.
Nothing will be published that has not been verified via the public record or consent provided.
The use of the names or initials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Marshals Service is governed by 18 U.S.C. sec. 709, which prohibits their unauthorized use in a manner calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by that component, unless written permission has been received from the head of the respective component.
Where initials are found within this blog site they are not used in a manner calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed or authorized by that component.
Please see the Department of Justice Legal Policies at:
http://www.justice.gov/legalpolicies
Please contact David with any questions.

Photos © & Licensed by Nova Development