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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 

Woman Convicted for Appraisal Using Homes Located Elsewhere Nancy Peterson Kennedy, Timmonsville, South Carolina, was convicted in federal court in Florence on one count of Falsifying Loan Applications, violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1014; and 18 United States Code, Section 2...
04/17/2012
Real Estate Agent and Straw Borrower Sentenced for Fraud Yunio Gonzalez, 60, New London, Connecticut, and Jane Soulliere, 45, also of New London, two individuals involved in an eastern Connecticut mortgage fraud scheme, have been sentenced in U.S. District Court in Hartford by Senior United State...
04/17/2012
Mortgage Foreclosure Scams up 60% The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure through its Homeowner's HOPE™ Hotline at 888-995-HOPE™, reported that mortga...
04/17/2012
Home Builder Sentenced for Builder Bailout Scam Anthony G. Symmes, 61, Paradise, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Edward J. Garcia to two years and 11 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit fraud and for one count of...
04/17/2012
Developer Continues Misleading Conduct Even Up To Sentencing Leo Wheeler, 56, Roseville, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release for defrauding investors in a re...
04/17/2012
New Jersey Woman Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scam Lucilene Guido, 33, Kearny, New Jersey, a real estate agent and former loan officer at a northern New Jersey mortgage company, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for her role in various mortgage fraud scams that collectively sought to defraud l...
04/17/2012
Lawyer/Clergyman Convicted of Real Estate Ponzi Scheme Martin T. Sigillito, 63, Webster Groves, Missouri, an attorney and clergyman, was convicted in federal court of leading a real estate fraud conspiracy that stole more than $52 million from its victims. Sigillito was found guilty of all 20 cou...
04/17/2012
10 Charged in $10M Mortgage Fraud Scam Stacey Jones, Dana Merritt, a.k.a., Dana Hayden, Abigail Gonzalez, Leticia Miffleton, Sharlo Burris, Kendrick Green, Johnese Zeigler, Andre Simon, Gordon Simon, and Catherine Wheeler have been charged in an 18-count indictment in federal court in San Diego w...
04/17/2012
Jury Finds City Man Guilty of Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering in Real Estate Investment Ponzi Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office April 16, 2012 Western District of Oklahoma (405) 553-8700   Financial, Fraud, Press Release, White-Collar Crime   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—A federal jury has found J...
04/17/2012
Former Executive of New York-Based Tax Liens Company Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions in New Jersey U.S. Department of Justice April 17, 2012 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888   Financial, Fraud, Press Release   WASHINGTON—A former executive of...
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