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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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2013 

Atlantic City Man Admits Conspiring with Alleged Members of Organized Crime Family and Others in Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office September 18, 2013 District of New Jersey (973) 645-2888 CAMDEN, NJ—An Atlantic City, New Jersey man admitted he conspired to defraud FirstPlus Financial Group Inc...
09/20/2013
President of Tivest Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison for Fraud Related to the Bank of the Commonwealth U.S. Attorney’s Office September 18, 2013 Eastern District of Virginia (757) 441-6331 NORFOLK, VA—Dwight A. Etheridge, 49, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced today to 50 months in prison, f...
09/19/2013
  Marion Williams (August 29, 1927 – July 2, 1994) She Wants You to Know That Someone Great, Wonderful & Powerful Loves This World We live In. Even With All of the Trouble That's In It. Have a great day ahead. -David-
09/18/2013
Wife of Nicodemo S. Scarfo Admits Conspiring with Him and Others to Defraud a Mortgage Lender to Buy Their House U.S. Attorney’s Office September 17, 2013 District of New Jersey (973) 645-2888 CAMDEN, NJ—The wife of a reputed mob figure today admitted she conspired to defraud a mortgage lender i...
09/18/2013
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development                 U.S. Census Bureau Office of Public Affairs                                                          Manufacturing and Construction Division 202-402-7527                                                                         301-763-516...
09/18/2013
  Former Vice President of Wells Fargo Advisors and Morgan Stanley & Co. Pleads Guilty in $1.8 Million Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office September 17, 2013 Northern District of California (415) 436-7200 SAN FRANCISCO—Adorean Boleancu pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on September...
09/18/2013
Bakersfield Man Sentenced to Nearly 11 Years in Prison in $6 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme U.S. Attorney’s Office September 16, 2013 Eastern District of California (916) 554-2700 FRESNO, CA—Eric Ray Hernandez, 37, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Anthony...
09/17/2013
Former Bank of the Commonwealth Executive Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Role in Massive Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office September 16, 2013 Eastern District of Virginia (757) 441-6331 NORFOLK, VA—Stephen G. Fields, 49, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced today to 17 years in prison, followe...
09/17/2013
There's been a lot of disappointment in the real estate business over the last decade.   You can't deny it.       The collapse of lenders, prominent banks.   Hundreds of mortgage brokerages shut down and loan officers in prison for deceiving and betraying borrowers.   Fraud for profit, fraud for ...
09/17/2013
Former Alabama Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Making False Statement in Connection with Real Estate Foreclosure Auction Investigation U.S. Department of Justice September 16, 2013 Office of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—A former investor in the Alabama real e...
09/16/2013
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