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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 

Title Company Owner and President Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison in $3.1 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office March 29, 2012 District of Maryland (410) 209-4800   Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release   BALTIMORE—U.S. District Judge William N. Nickerson sentenced Jame...
03/30/2012
Randallstown Man Indicted for Filing False Tax Returns Failed to Report Income Totaling Over $415,000 U.S. Attorney’s Office March 27, 2012 District of Maryland (410) 209-4800   Financial, Fraud, Press Release   BALTIMORE—A federal grand jury has indicted Ricardo O. Curry II, age 42, of Randalls...
03/28/2012
Solicitor Admits Lying About Real Estate Development David Silver, 59, Richmond, Virginia, former President of Old Dominion Financial Services (ODFS), pleaded guilty to giving false assurances to investors whose money he had given to Donald Lacey for real estate development. Lacey was previously ...
03/28/2012
Convicted Mortgage Fraudsters to be Sentenced Eve Mazzarella, 34, San Diego, California, Steven Grimm, 48, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Melissa Beecroft, 32, Las Vegas, are set to be sentenced for their roles in a straw buyer scam that included over 432 straw buyer transactions. Mazzarella is scheduled...
03/28/2012
Man Indicted for $82M Real Estate Fraud Scam Randy Alan Carpenter, 54, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, was indicted by a federal grand jury, sitting in Charlotte, North Carolina, on charges of conspiracy, bank fraud and making false statements on tax returns. According to the criminal indictment, th...
03/27/2012
3 Real Estate Fraudsters Receive Hefty Prison Sentences Eve Mazzarella, 34, San Diego, California, Steven Grimm, 49, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Melissa Beecroft, 32, Las Vegas, Nevada, three former real estate industry professionals, were sentenced to federal prison terms for their involvement in a L...
03/27/2012
4 Indicted for Running Puerto Rican Mortgage Fraud Scam Raúl A. Morales-Guanill; Rafael Antonio Pina-Nieves, aka "Raphy Pina"; Orlando Javier Sierra-Mercado, aka "Chiquitín," "Chiqui"; and Wilson Álvarez-Luna have been indicted on 19 counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy and aidin...
03/27/2012
Real Estate Attorney Admits Stealing Closing Funds James Boyd Douglas, Jr., who previously practiced law in Lee County, Alabama, pled guilty to engaging in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. According to the indictment, between January 2005 and September 23, 2011, Douglas handled numero...
03/27/2012
2 Arrested for Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Gloria Becerra, 46, Oxnard, California, and Hector Menendez, 55, Los Angeles, California, are the subject of a felony complaint for grand theft and foreclosure consultant fraud. Becerra and Menendez are both charged with 4 counts of grand theft, 11 counts o...
03/27/2012
Attorney Disbarred for Mortgage Fraud Crimes Richard A. Sand, 59, White Bear Township, Minnesota, who was sentenced on August 25, 2011, for his role in a $2 million fraudulent loan scheme, has been disbarred by the Minnesota Supreme Court after a petition was filed on August 31, 2011.   Back in A...
03/27/2012
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