Fraud

Scammer Ripped Off Renters in Foreclosed Homes, Jacksonville Police Say

(Source: Dana Treen The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville (MCT) — The three-bedroom house with a brick facade that backed up on a big retention pond seemed just the place for Melony Berry and her three children.


Real Estate Agent Gets Six Months for Housing Scam

  BARSTOW (Source: Katie Lucia Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.) – • A former Barstow real-estate agent was sentenced to six months in jail Monday for renting foreclosed houses to unsuspecting tenants in 2010.


BRIEF: Cops Warn of New Real Estate Scam

IPSWICH (Source: Alan Burke The Salem News, Mass.) — People telling you about all the good work they do and asking a small favor in order to help them keep doing it could very well be trying to scam you.


BRIEF: Cops Warn of New Real Estate Scam

IPSWICH (Source: Alan Burke The Salem News, Mass.) — People telling you about all the good work they do and asking a small favor in order to help them keep doing it could very well be trying to scam you.


BRIEF: Lodi Investor Admits to Bid Rigging

SACRAMENTO (The Record, Stockton, Calif.) – A Lodi real estate investor has admitted to rigging bids in a house-flipping scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.


Eden Prairie Man Pleads Guilty in Cloud 9 Condo Scheme

(Source: Janet Moore Star Tribune, Minneapolis) – An Eden Prairie man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court for his role in the Cloud 9 Sky Flats condominium real estate fraud case.


Red Flags Can Alert Potential Victims

(Source: Rozanna M. Martinez Albuquerque Journal, N.M.) –  Realtor Mike Lizzi and Rio Rancho police have some suggestions on how potential homeowners or renters can avoid being duped by scammers looking to take their money.


Lexington Man Sentenced in Columbia for Mortgage Fraud

COLUMBIA, SC (Source: FBI) — United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Robert C. Sasser, age 32, of Lexington, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia for wire fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. United States District … Continue reading


Main Conductor of Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme Sentenced in Ohio

(Source: FBI) – The leader of a $6.7 million mortgage fraud scheme involving a home in Gates Mills, Ohio, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of … Continue reading


Real Estate Investor from Israel Charged for Conducting a Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy

PHOENIX Source: FBI) — Eitan Maximov, 39, a citizen of Israel and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was convicted yesterday after a six day jury trial on one Count of Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Bank Fraud and … Continue reading


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