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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 !

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2012 

Mortgage Fraud Ring Indicted on Federal Charges Eric Williams, Aaron Teachout, Isaac Modert, Mario Giannandrea, Rick Artibee, Dennis Sare and Nichole Buda, all Michigan residents, have been indicted for conspiring to commit, and committing, bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme th...
08/08/2012
Texan Sentenced for Misappropriating Escrow Funds Ty Howerton was sentenced by Judge Richard A. Schell on July 10, 2012, to 60 months in prison on Count 1 of a sealed criminal information. After Howerton is released from prison, he will serve 3 years on supervised release.  The defendant was also...
08/08/2012
Two Indicted in Real Estate Scam Alfonso Carrillo, 50, and Rudy Breda, 53, Colorado, have been indicted for allegedly finding homeowners facing foreclosure and convincing them to relinquish their property for a nominal fee and misrepresenting it as a way to avoid foreclosure. The charges further ...
08/08/2012
Man Sentenced for Using Grandma's Good Credit to Obtain Mortgages Jeremie Sheneman, 34, College Point, New York, was sentenced by Judge Jon DeGuilio to 120 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release after being found guilty of the felony offenses of wire fraud after two jury trials.  A...
08/08/2012
New London Woman Involved in Eastern Connecticut Mortgage Fraud Scheme is Sentenced U.S. Attorney’s Office August 07, 2012 District of Connecticut (203) 821-3700   David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Rosa Garcia, 37, of New London, was sentenced ...
08/08/2012
Kansas Attorney Sentenced for $52 Million Ponzi Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office August 07, 2012 Western District of Missouri (816) 426-3122   KANSAS CITY, MO—David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Leawood, Kansas attorney was senten...
08/08/2012
This is funnier than Lawrence Yun !
08/07/2012
Former Bank Manager Charged in Scheme That Closed Local Federal Credit Union U.S. Attorney’s Office August 07, 2012 Eastern District of Pennsylvania (215) 861-8200   PHILADELPHIA—Ignacio Morales, a/k/a “Nacho,” 40, was charged today by information with conspiracy to defraud the government in a c...
08/07/2012
Former Upland Mayor Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Accepting Bribe from Businessman Seeking Permit from City U.S. Attorney’s Office August 06, 2012 Central District of California (213) 894-2434   RIVERSIDE, CA—The former mayor of the city of Upland was sentenced today to 24 months ...
08/07/2012
Former Anchorage Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Money Laundering in Scheme to Swindle Investors U.S. Attorney’s Office August 06, 2012 District of Alaska (907) 271-5071   ANCHORAGE—U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Donald Lee Smith, 59, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, pled guilty in federal c...
08/07/2012
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