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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 

Real Estate Agent Admits Acting as Straw Buyer Edna Ledoux Jamieson, 44, Moneta, Virginia, a former employee of Genesis Mansions, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia to tax charges related to money she earned through her participation in a mortg...
06/06/2012
Real Estate Investor Charged for Scam Involving 38 Homes Kevin D. Hightower, 42, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is the subject of a seven-count indictment charging him with defrauding lenders out of approximately $3,592,099.32 in mortgage loans in connection with 38 Columbus, Ohio, properties he purchased t...
06/06/2012
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Inspections Supervisors and Three Real Estate Developers Arrested on Bribery Charges U.S. Attorney’s Office June 05, 2012 Eastern District of New York (718) 254-7000   Financial, Fraud, New York Top Stories, Press Release, Public Corruption ...
06/06/2012
Two Augusta Businessmen Sentenced to Federal Prison for Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office June 05, 2012 Southern District of Georgia (912) 652-4422   Bank Crime, Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release   SAVANNAH, GA—Robert J. DeMello Jr., 49, formerly of Augusta, Georgia, and...
06/06/2012
Attorney Among Four Defendants Indicted in Alleged $16.2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme Involving at Least 35 Residential Loans U.S. Attorney’s Office June 04, 2012 Northern District of Illinois (312) 353-5300   Breaking News, Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release   CHICAGO—Four defenda...
06/04/2012
Four Indicted in Mortgage Fraud Scheme Defendants Allegedly Exploited Immigrant Straw Buyers to Defraud Multiple Banks Financial, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Press Release   Four Seattle-area residents were arrested today on a 21-count indictment charging them with conspiracy, bank fraud, wire fraud,...
06/04/2012
                                                   #1690 An assumption is when one party or another assumes that the property is going to be given to them as part of a devise. Is this fact true or false ? Please take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo. A. False If a buyer ...
06/04/2012
                                              #1689 An assignor is one who has engaged in the practice of breeding mules and donkeys. Is this fact true or false ? Please take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo. A. False An assignor is one who assigns rights or interests to...
06/04/2012
                                                       #1688 To assign in real estate terms means to assign parking spaces to the employees in a brokerage based of the number of homes they've sold in the last 90 days. Is this fact true or false ? Please take your time on this difficult question a...
06/04/2012
                                                       #1687 When we talk about an assignment, when discussing real estate, we're actually referring to the homework which is assigned by the instructor or professor in your real estate class. Do you have any doubt in your mind as to whether or not ...
06/04/2012
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