David Saks is a musician, retired real estate broker, and long-time ActiveRain member.
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2012
Title Agent Sentenced for Stealing Escrow Funds Collette Snyder, 42, Timonium, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake to one year and one day in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing false tax returns in 2007 and 2008, after she did not claim ov...
04/11/2012
Brokerage Owner Admits $66M Mortgage Fraud Scam Gerard Canino, 51, Merrick, New York, the president and owner of Long Island-based mortgage brokerage firm First Class Equities, pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme. Ca...
04/11/2012
Guilty Pleas Entered in 2 Separate Mortgage Fraud Cases Michelle Austin-Wilks, 38, Parkland, Florida, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349, and four counts of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 13...
04/11/2012
2 Indicted for Appraisal Fraud and Submitting False Docs to Lenders Ronald L. Byrd, 63, Dayton, Ohio, a real estate broker employed by Envestmint Realty, Inc., Huber Heights, Ohio, and Scott W. Brauer, 34, Cincinnati, Ohio, a mortgage loan officer and real estate salesman employed by a mortgage l...
04/11/2012
Fire From Marijuana Grow House Leads to Mortgage Fraud Charges Tony Lieng, aka Ung A. Lieng, 38; Lynn Truong, aka Linh Thi Truong, 39, both of Clovis, California; and Jenny Chi Ha, aka Phuong A. Ha, 44, Fresno, California, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud. According to court docu...
04/11/2012
Leader of $66 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court U.S. Attorney’s Office April 09, 2012 Southern District of New York (212) 637-2600 Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announ...
04/11/2012
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Mortgage Rescue Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office April 10, 2012 Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700 Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release ALEXANDRIA, VA—Howard R. Shmuckler, 68, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, today pled guilty to running a fraudule...
04/11/2012
Plainfield Woman Involved in Mortgage Fraud Scheme Sentenced to Two Years in Prison U.S. Attorney’s Office April 10, 2012 District of Connecticut (203) 821-3700 Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced th...
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#1610 Credit report fees, loan origination fees and appraisal fees are all costs that show up in the loan's APR. Is this fact true or false ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo. A. False Points paid by the loa...
04/09/2012
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#1609 When a portion of a borrower's monthly mortgage payment is held to be applied later towards property taxes and insurance the money will be held by a trustee. Is this true or false ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife ph...
04/09/2012