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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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2014 

Three Ordered to Prison in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 28, 2014 Southern District of Texas (713) 567-9000 HOUSTON—Former Houston resident Walter Ryan Macapaz has been ordered to prison along with Houston businessman Tony David Maldonado and attorney an...
03/31/2014
IRS Warns of New Email Phishing Scheme Falsely Claiming to be from the Taxpayer Advocate Service WASHINGTON —The Internal Revenue Service today warned consumers to be on the lookout for a new email phishing scam. The emails appear to be from the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service and include a bogus c...
03/30/2014
Attorney Sent to Prison for Her Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 25, 2014 Eastern District of North Carolina (919) 856-4530 RALEIGH—The United States Attorney’s Office announces that in federal court yesterday, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sent...
03/25/2014
Former Los Angeles City Building Inspector Sentenced to Federal Prison for Taking Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Bribe Payments U.S. Attorney’s Office March 24, 2014 Central District of California (213) 894-2434 LOS ANGELES—A former inspector with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safe...
03/25/2014
Guilty Plea in Bakersfield Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 24, 2014 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700 FRESNO, CA—Antonio Perez Marcial, 41, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud in connection with a mort...
03/25/2014
Bakersfield Loan Officer Sentenced in Crisp & Cole Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 24, 2014 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700 FRESNO, CA—United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Jayson Peter Costa, 41, of Bakersfield, to 78 months’ imprisonment to...
03/25/2014
    Defendant Sentenced in Plot to Conceal and Dispose of Assets in Connection with Rothstein Case U.S. Attorney’s Office March 21, 2014 Southern District of Florida (313) 226-9100 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent ...
03/24/2014
Collin County Man Sentenced in Foreclosure Rescue/Drug Distribution Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 21, 2014 Eastern District of Texas (409) 839-2538 SHERMAN, TX—A 34-year-old McKinney, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison in connection with a combination foreclosure rescue and dru...
03/24/2014
Man Found Guilty on Bank Fraud Charges U.S. Attorney’s Office March 21, 2014 Eastern District of Michigan (313) 226-9100 Albert Greer, Sr., of Shelby Township, was found guilty on March 20, 2014, of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and of aiding and abetting bank fraud, United States Attorney Bar...
03/24/2014
  #2630 When we consider the right to control or use property or real estate, and to freely dispose of the property as we see to it at will or through a deed, these rights are incorporated into what system ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo. A. The bundle of legal r...
03/24/2014
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