Article Category and State Index
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Entries by Category
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- Acquittals (4)
- Action by Mortgage Regulators (250)
- Action by State Bar (6)
- Advance Fee Fraud (15)
- Affinity Fraud (1)
- Alabama (16)
- Alaska (5)
- Appraiser and/or False Appraisal(s) (155)
- Arizona (57)
- Arkansas (10)
- Arrests (132)
- Awards (1)
- Bankruptcy Fraud (31)
- Bid rigging (12)
- Bribery/Corruption (9)
- Broker (499)
- Builder Bail-Out (7)
- Builder fraud (7)
- California (304)
- Cease and Desist Orders (64)
- Charges dropped (1)
- Church related frauds (23)
- Civil Complaint alleging fraud (29)
- Closing Agent/Attorney (278)
- Colorado (62)
- Commercial Mortgage (35)
- Complaints (8)
- Congressional Hearings (1)
- Connecticut (48)
- Consent Orders (6)
- Construction Loans (25)
- Consumer Alert (9)
- Contractor Fraud (1)
- Convictions (641)
- Court Cases (178)
- Cox and Hauck case (3)
- CPA (25)
- Cuyahoga MFTF (8)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Daily Story Updates (56)
- Dayton Mortgage Fraud Task Force (1)
- Delaware (10)
- Dept of Veteran Affairs (11)
- Developer (19)
- Developer / Builder Bail Out (24)
- Disbarment (3)
- Disbarrment (3)
- District of Columbia (19)
- Do Not Call Violations (1)
- Down Payment (30)
- Drug Trafficking (27)
- Elder Explotation (49)
- Email Scams (3)
- Embezzlement (3)
- Equity Stripping/Skimming (34)
- False Deeds/Liens (1)
- False Employment (3)
- False Income (2)
- False Instrument (1)
- False VOD (1)
- Fannie Mae Fraud Updates (4)
- Farmers Home Admin (1)
- FinCEN (5)
- Flipping (496)
- Florida (247)
- FLQC Meeting (1)
- Foreclosed Property Scams (3)
- Foreclosure avoidance scams (154)
- Forged Deed Transfers (Out from Under) (106)
- Forgery (33)
- Fraud Alerts (9)
- Fraud Prevention News (31)
- Fraud Statistics (1)
- FTC (7)
- Funds to close (4)
- General Fraud News and Info (140)
- Georgia (161)
- Governmental Hearings (6)
- Great Britain (1)
- Grow House (3)
- Guilty Plea (255)
- Harris County, TX (1)
- Hawaii (5)
- HELOC (8)
- HELOC's (3)
- Home Equity Loans (8)
- Home Improvement Loans (8)
- HUD (143)
- HUD OND Program (4)
- Hurricaine Katrina Fraud (2)
- ID Theft (205)
- Idaho (11)
- Illinois (114)
- Indiana (72)
- Indictments (1065)
- Inflated Income (1)
- International (9)
- Investigations (42)
- Investment Schemes (206)
- Iowa (9)
- IRS Investigation (26)
- Kakvand (2)
- Kansas (35)
- Kentucky (20)
- Kick Back scheme (2)
- Kidnap (1)
- Kings County MFTF (3)
- Land Fraud (3)
- Law Enforcement News (27)
- Law Enforcement Officer (21)
- Lender Employee (1)
- Lenders (62)
- License Revocation (1)
- Loan Modification scams (33)
- Loan Modifications (15)
- Loan Officers (134)
- Loan Processor (2)
- Louisiana (20)
- Maine (9)
- Manufactured Housing (29)
- Maryland (95)
- Maryland MFTF (9)
- Massachusetts (63)
- Matthew Cox (1)
- Miami-Dade MFTF (2)
- Michigan (62)
- Minnesota (47)
- Mississippi (22)
- Missouri (102)
- Money Laundering (71)
- Montana (6)
- Mortgage Backed Securities (17)
- Mortgage Elimination schemes (1)
- Mortgage Fraud Discussion Group (1)
- Mortgage Fraud Surge (3)
- Mortgage Related Murder(s) (9)
- Mortgage Spam (2)
- NC Cell #1 (3)
- NC Cell #2 (7)
- NC Cell #3 (1)
- NC Cell #4 (4)
- NC Cell #5 (3)
- Nebraska (3)
- Nevada (30)
- New Hampshire (10)
- New Jersey (86)
- New Legislation (16)
- New Mexico (7)
- New York (238)
- Newspaper Articles (1)
- North Carolina (72)
- North Dakota (1)
- Notary (11)
- Ohio (138)
- Oklahoma (11)
- Op Malicious Mortgage (4)
- Operation Bad Deeds (9)
- Operation Cash Back (AZ) (2)
- Operation Madhouse (3)
- Operation Malicious Mortgage (25)
- Oregon (28)
- Organized Crime (2)
- Other Mortgage News (1)
- Overcharging and/or Theft of Mortgage Fees (54)
- Paralegal (1)
- Parrish Marketing (1)
- Pennsylvania (114)
- Phishing (1)
- Poconos (5)
- Ponzi scheme (4)
- Preparing False Documents (188)
- Presidential Pardons (1)
- Prieston Group (4)
- Public Corruption (21)
- Puerto Rico (3)
- Pump and Dump (2)
- Racketeering (5)
- Radio/TV Person (1)
- Real Estate Investor (30)
- Realtor (133)
- Rent to Own fraud (1)
- Reports (1)
- Research Papers (2)
- Restraining Orders (1)
- Reverse Mortgages (7)
- Rhode Island (9)
- SARs (2)
- Section 8 Housing Fraud (22)
- Securities & Exchange Commission (8)
- Settlement agreements (1)
- Short Sale Fraud (1)
- South Carolina (20)
- South Dakota (2)
- Stated Income fraud (1)
- Stipulation & Order (1)
- Straw Borrowers (163)
- Suffolk County MFTF (1)
- Tax Fraud (8)
- Tennessee (32)
- Terrorism (6)
- Texas (119)
- The Amico case (1)
- The Prieston Group (2)
- Theft of fees (1)
- Theft of Mortgage Proceeds (158)
- Time Shares (1)
- Title and Escrow (118)
- Treasury (1)
- Undercover Operation. (1)
- Unlicensed Appraiser (1)
- Unlicensed Mortgage Broker (42)
- Unlicensed Mortgage Lender (6)
- Use of False ID (12)
- Utah (24)
- Vermont (8)
- Virginia (42)
- Wanted (7)
- Warehouse Line (3)
- Washington (WA) (41)
- Waxhouse Investigation (1)
- Wayne County DFTF (3)
- Western PA MFTF (4)
- Wisconsin (26)
- Witness Tampering/Obstruction of Justice (14)
- Zintron Case (2)
40 Most Recent Entries
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- Milton (MA) man charged in ID theft/mortgage fraud allegations
- Ohio AG files suit against two California loan modification companies
- 3 indicted in Houston area mortgage fraud allegations
- Trial and Case Updates
- 12 indicted in 9 seperate Brooklyn fraud cases
- 6 indicted in upscale Ohio properties mortgage fraud
- Trial and Case Updates
- FBI and Utah Division of Real Estate name their 10 Ten scams
- Three charged in Delaware foreclosure rescue fraud allegations
- Lee County (FL) realtor arrested on fraud allegations
- Owner of Annapolis title company indicted in investment fraud case
- San Francisco woman found guilty in $6.5 million mortgage fraud
- Florida AG files suit against California loan modification companies
- 10 charged in Miami flipping/straw borrower fraud allegations
- Georgia DBF issues Cease and Desist order to broker who made misreps to lenders
- Two former title company employees sentenced in Road Home theft scheme
- Oregon DCBS issues Cease and Desist to accused foreclosure scammer
- Bethesda woman pleads guilty in large scale flipping and tax evasion scheme
- 6 Long Islanders arrested on mortgage fraud charges, accused of running false pay stubs mill
- Unlicensed Maryland mortgage broker sentenced in felony theft case
- Loan modification company President charged with defrauding 165 victims
- Former Alta Loma realtor sentenced to 5 yrs in CA state prison
- New Jersey man charged with ID theft and mortgage fraud
- Two arrested in Lithia, FL in mortgage fraud allegations
- Indianapolis woman sentenced to 71 months in prison for mortgage fraud
- 5 indicted in Tarrant County (TX) mortgage fraud allegations
- 7 indicted in Denver area foreclosure and mortgage fraud allegations
- Two men indicted in Minnesota, accused in large scale fraud involving 70 properties
- 14th person pleads guilty in North Carolina's "Waxhouse Investigation"
- RI State Police arrest real estate attorney and charge him with misappropriating over $1.1 million
- Fourth person pleads guilty in Crisp and Cole case
- Case and Trial Updates
- Two Missouri loan officers plead guilty in flipping scheme
- Former attorney and two others charged in Orange County (CA) loan modification fraud allegations
- "Rescuer and attorney found liable for damages and costs in foreclosure rescue fraud
- Three indicted in Las Vegas foreclosure rescue fraud allegations
- Orlando man pleads guilty to mortgage fraud, 2nd conviction in 4 yrs
- FinCEN releases SAR Activity Review for first half of 2009
- Case and Trial Updates
- Fairfield (OH) man pleads guilty in $7 million real estate investment fraud
Entries by Month
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- February 2010 (18)
- January 2010 (65)
- December 2009 (39)
- November 2009 (32)
- October 2009 (65)
- September 2009 (61)
- August 2009 (51)
- July 2009 (83)
- June 2009 (75)
- May 2009 (60)
- April 2009 (76)
- March 2009 (79)
- February 2009 (58)
- January 2009 (55)
- December 2008 (67)
- November 2008 (12)
- October 2008 (53)
- September 2008 (62)
- August 2008 (27)
- July 2008 (7)
- June 2008 (44)
- May 2008 (13)
- April 2008 (10)
- March 2008 (3)
- January 2008 (1)
- December 2007 (8)
- November 2007 (41)
- October 2007 (30)
- September 2007 (43)
- August 2007 (17)
- July 2007 (31)
- June 2007 (39)
- May 2007 (27)
- April 2007 (8)
- March 2007 (31)
- February 2007 (44)
- January 2007 (55)
- December 2006 (45)
- November 2006 (67)
- October 2006 (33)
- September 2006 (35)
- August 2006 (14)
- July 2006 (35)
- June 2006 (52)
- May 2006 (37)
- April 2006 (52)
- March 2006 (29)
- February 2006 (9)
- January 2006 (19)
- December 2005 (13)
- November 2005 (29)
- October 2005 (28)
- September 2005 (58)
- August 2005 (70)
- July 2005 (62)
- June 2005 (67)
- May 2005 (35)
- April 2005 (41)
- March 2005 (66)
- February 2005 (54)
- January 2005 (50)
- December 2004 (61)
- November 2004 (55)
- October 2004 (49)
- September 2004 (28)
- August 2004 (23)
- July 2004 (15)
- June 2004 (27)
- May 2004 (27)
- April 2004 (23)
- March 2004 (23)
- February 2004 (8)
- January 2004 (12)
- December 2003 (17)
- November 2003 (16)
- October 2003 (8)
- September 2003 (9)
- August 2003 (8)
- July 2003 (13)
- June 2003 (14)
- May 2003 (15)
- April 2003 (22)
- March 2003 (8)
- February 2003 (13)
- January 2003 (12)
- December 2002 (10)
- November 2002 (5)
- October 2002 (12)
- September 2002 (14)
- August 2002 (7)
- July 2002 (4)
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- May 2002 (12)
- April 2002 (8)
- March 2002 (3)
- February 2002 (8)
- January 2002 (6)
- December 2001 (3)
- November 2001 (4)
- October 2001 (2)
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- June 2001 (4)
- April 2001 (1)
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