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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 

Local Woman Sentenced in Credit Repair Scam Involving Approximately 80 Hawaiian Victims U.S. Attorney’s Office May 18, 2012 Eastern District of Missouri   Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release   ST. LOUIS, MO—Marien Brown was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay approxim...
05/18/2012
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office May 18, 2012 Eastern District of Virginia (757) 441-6331   Bank Crime, Financial, Fraud, Press Release   NORFOLK, VA—Christopher G. DeBlauw, 44, of Millersville, Maryland, pleaded guilty today in Norfolk federal...
05/18/2012
Five Plead Guilty and One Man Indicted in $1.5 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office May 18, 2012 Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700   Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release, White-Collar Crime   ALEXANDRIA, VA—Five individuals have pled guilty to conspiring toge...
05/18/2012
Corrupt Dekalb County Construction Inspector Pleads Guilty to Extortion Private Construction Contractor Forced to “Pay to Play” U.S. Attorney’s Office May 17, 2012 Northern District of Georgia (404) 581-6000 Financial, Fraud, Press Release   ATLANTA—A DeKalb County Department of Public Works con...
05/17/2012
Manhattan U.S. Attorney and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Announce Arrests of Real Estate Investment Company Owner and New York Attorney in Connection with $4.7 Million Real Estate Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office May 16, 2012 Southern District of New York (212) 637-2600   Financial, Fraud...
05/17/2012
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05/17/2012
Arizona State Representative Charged with Bribery, Fraud, Attempted Extortion, and Making False Statements U.S. Department of Justice May 16, 2012 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888   Financial, Fraud, Press Release, Public Corruption   WASHINGTON—A member of the Arizona ...
05/17/2012
Jury Convicts Sunnyvale Attorney of Investment Fraud Former Real Estate Investment Firm’s In-House Counsel Convicted of Conspiracy, Mail, and Wire Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office May 16, 2012 Northern District of California (415) 436-7200   Financial, Fraud, Press Release   SAN FRANCISCO—A Sunnyval...
05/16/2012
Man Indicted for Defrauding Lenders in Condo Sales Scheme Jared Mitchell Rothenberger, 43, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was indicted and charged with allegedly defrauding mortgage lenders out of millions of dollars in connection with the sale of condominiums at Chateau Ridge, Burnsville, Minnesota. Th...
05/16/2012
Foreclosure Rescuer Indicted for Extensive Fraud Scam Rickey White, 46, Westland, Michigan, and his company, Braunstein & Associates, face criminal charges for an extensive foreclosure-rescue fraud operation that scammed at least 360 victims out of $800,000. The defendant allegedly collected upfr...
05/16/2012
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