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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 

ActiveRain Winter 2013  Meetup in Memphis     Starbucks 1850 Union Ave Memphis, Tennessee   Sunday Decmeber 1, 2013 11:30AM till 1:00 PM   You'll receive 1,000 points for your attendance ! Many thanks to: Kerrie LaGuardia ActiveRain Community Manager  
11/15/2013
Youngstown Man Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Distressed Properties and Reselling Them for More Than $1 Million U.S. Attorney’s Office November 14, 2013 Northern District of Ohio (216) 622-3600 A federal grand jury returned a 59-count indictment charging a Youngstown fraudulently obtaining ...
11/14/2013
Two Indicted in $15 Million Investment Fraud Scheme That Victimized National National Hockey League Players and Long Island Investors Defendants Promised to Invest Money in Lucrative Real Estate and Business Deals but Diverted Money to Personal Accounts U.S. Attorney’s Office November 13, 2013 E...
11/14/2013
Former Loan Processor Indicted with Husband and Brother in Conspiracy to Defraud California Bank U.S. Attorney’s Office November 13, 2013 Southern District of Texas (713) 567-9000 HOUSTON—An 11-count sealed indictment charging conspiracy and bank fraud has been unsealed following the arrests of ...
11/14/2013
Weight Loss Infomercial Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Convicted of Criminal Contempt U.S. Attorney’s Office November 12, 2013 Northern District of Illinois (312) 353-5300 CHICAGO―Author and television pitchman Kevin Trudeau was convicted today of criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court ord...
11/13/2013
U.S. Attorney Joseph Hogsett Announces Sentencing of Indianapolis Woman After Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion Convictions Fifteen-Year Scheme Bilked Hamilton County Company of Nearly $1.5 Million U.S. Attorney’s Office November 13, 2013 Southern District of Indiana (317) 226-6333 INDIANAPOLIS—United Sta...
11/13/2013
Two Individuals Sentenced in Plot to Conceal and Dispose of Assets in Connection with Rothstein Case U.S. Attorney’s Office November 12, 2013 Southern District of Florida (313) 226-9100 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and José A. Gonzalez, Special ...
11/13/2013
Jury Finds Laie Woman Guilty of Bankruptcy Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office November 12, 2013 District of Hawaii (808) 541-2850 HONOLULU—A jury in United States District Court found Michelle Malufau, 47, of Laie, Oahu, guilty today of bankruptcy fraud related to the Chapter 7 bankruptcy that she fil...
11/13/2013
Two Conspirators Sentenced in Baltimore Reservoir Hill Neighborhood Mortgage Fraud Scheme Approximately $1 Million Loss U.S. Attorney’s Office November 12, 2013 District of Maryland (410) 209-4800 BALTIMORE—U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Kimberly Eileen McMillian, a/k/a Kim...
11/13/2013
  ActiveRain is one of the most popular networking sites in the world for real estate professionals. Because of it's intimacy, with under a half million participants, could that make ActiveRain vulnerable to scams and hoaxes designed to compromise the personal information of it's members ? YES ! ...
11/12/2013
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