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In This Issue...

Another Crisp and Cole Defendant Sent to Prison for Mortgage Fraud

4 Jailed for Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Straw Buyers

Founder of Real Estate Investment Firm Admits Scheme that Resulted in $110M Bankruptcy

Fraudster Admits Ripping Off Investors with Real Estate Investment Scheme

CEO Charged With Defrauding Clients Who Invested in Mortgage Loan Portfolios

14 Charged With Massive Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy

Former Fugitive Sentenced to Prison for Laundering Mortgage Fraud Proceeds

Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty to 3 Separate Fraud Cases

Builder Indicted on Bank Fraud & Bribery Charges as Part of Mortgage Fraud Scam

Attorney, Developers, Brokers, and Recruiters Jailed for Expansive Mortgage Fraud Scheme

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Another Crisp and Cole Defendant Sent to Prison for Mortgage Fraud

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Sneha Ramesh Mohammadi, 52, Bakersfield, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 18 months in prison, to be followed by five years of...

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4 Jailed for Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving Straw Buyers

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Patrice Hairston, 52, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Bonnie Rose, 54, Jonesboro, Georgia, Sarah Hyldahl, 32, Marietta, Georgia, and Ronnika Allen, 30, Powder Springs, Georgia, have been...

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Founder of Real Estate Investment Firm Admits Scheme that Resulted in $110M Bankruptcy

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John Packard, 64, Long Beach, California, one of the owners of a now-defunct Southern California real estate investment firm, pleaded guilty to perpetrating a fraudulent scheme...

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Fraudster Admits Ripping Off Investors with Real Estate Investment Scheme

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George Christo George, 55, Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud in a case involving defrauding several Northern Nevadans together of more than $238,000 through...

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CEO Charged With Defrauding Clients Who Invested in Mortgage Loan Portfolios

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Mark Feathers, 51,  Los Altos, California, an investment manager, was indicted by a federal grand jury on twenty-nine counts of securities and mail fraud, relating to a...

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14 Charged With Massive Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy

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An indictment has been unsealed charging 15 defendants, including charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud in connection with mortgages and other loans secured...

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Former Fugitive Sentenced to Prison for Laundering Mortgage Fraud Proceeds

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Scott Edward Cavell, 31, Sacramento, was sentenced by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to five years in prison and ordered to pay $7.4 million in restitution for...

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Real Estate Broker Pleads Guilty to 3 Separate Fraud Cases

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Christopher Wayne White, 44, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pled guilty in three separate fraud cases before U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas involving escrow fraud, making...

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Builder Indicted on Bank Fraud & Bribery Charges as Part of Mortgage Fraud Scam

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Antonio Pimenta, 46, Neshanic Station, New Jersey, has been indicted for his role in a $1 million mortgage fraud scheme, including an alleged bribe of a bank agent to approve a...

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Attorney, Developers, Brokers, and Recruiters Jailed for Expansive Mortgage Fraud Scheme

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Numerous participants in an expansive mortgage fraud scheme were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III to prison. Chief Judge Dever also...

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Comments(8)

Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Looks like the crooks aren't slowing down any!

Nov 18, 2014 08:21 PM
Potranco Realty
Potranco Realty - San Antonio, TX
"Sold with Potranco Realty"

David, knowing how to protect ourselves from fraud is important especially with our internet technology using pass-words and personal data etc.

Nov 18, 2014 08:53 PM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Business is actually picking up for them, Gabe. Must be the gas price roll-back. They can cover more territory while laundering money at the same time. It doesn't get any better than that.

Nov 19, 2014 01:16 AM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Agreed, Bob. You can protect yourself by following these reports, too, which never get featured because the ActiveRain staff want to bury it under the rug and hide the tarnished realtor pin..

Nov 19, 2014 01:19 AM
Sam Miller
RE/MAX Stars Realty - Howard, OH
Knox County Ohio Real Estate Specialist

David Saks

The one that caught my eye was the one titled "Fraudster admits ripping off investors".

Nov 19, 2014 03:03 AM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

What could be worse than buying real estate from a fictitious sheikh, Sam ? Oceanfront property sales in Arizona ?

Nov 19, 2014 07:26 AM
Captain Wayne - Rowlett Real Estate School
Rowlett Real Estate School - Panama City, FL
Rowlett Real Estate School / Owner and Instructor

Gee whiz, people have some kind of nerve to commit these kind of crimes.

Nov 24, 2014 05:42 AM
David Saks
Memphis, TN
Broker / Industry Analyst

Thanks, Wayne.

Nov 24, 2014 02:10 PM