Article Category and State Index
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Entries by Category
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- Acquittals (4)
- Action by Mortgage Regulators (192)
- Advance Fee Fraud (12)
- Affinity Fraud (1)
- Alabama (15)
- Alaska (3)
- Appraiser and/or False Appraisal(s) (117)
- Arizona (25)
- Arkansas (8)
- Arrests (76)
- Bankruptcy Fraud (15)
- Bid rigging (8)
- Bribery/Corruption (6)
- Broker (379)
- California (186)
- Cease and Desist Orders (25)
- Charges dropped (1)
- Church related frauds (16)
- Civil Complaint alleging fraud (6)
- Closing Agent/Attorney (208)
- Colorado (41)
- Commercial Mortgage (22)
- Connecticut (32)
- Construction Loans (21)
- Consumer Alert (4)
- Convictions (504)
- Court Cases (121)
- Cox and Hauck case (3)
- CPA (17)
- Daily Story Updates (55)
- Delaware (6)
- Dept of Veteran Affairs (11)
- Developer (11)
- Developer / Builder Bail Out (22)
- District of Columbia (13)
- Do Not Call Violations (1)
- Down Payment (26)
- Drug Trafficking (20)
- Elder Explotation (35)
- Email Scams (3)
- Embezzlement (3)
- Equity Stripping/Skimming (25)
- Fannie Mae Fraud Updates (1)
- Farmers Home Admin (1)
- Flipping (338)
- Florida (148)
- FLQC Meeting (1)
- Foreclosure avoidance scams (55)
- Forged Deed Transfers (Out from Under) (69)
- Forgery (19)
- Fraud Alerts (8)
- Fraud Prevention News (29)
- General Fraud News and Info (139)
- Georgia (126)
- Governmental Hearings (6)
- Great Britain (1)
- Guilty Plea (101)
- Hawaii (3)
- HELOC (1)
- HELOC's (2)
- Home Equity Loans (7)
- Home Improvement Loans (8)
- HUD (138)
- HUD OND Program (4)
- ID Theft (162)
- Idaho (2)
- Illinois (70)
- Indiana (58)
- Indictments (649)
- International (8)
- Investigations (41)
- Investment Schemes (115)
- Iowa (7)
- IRS Investigation (23)
- Kakvand (2)
- Kansas (20)
- Kentucky (18)
- Kidnap (1)
- Law Enforcement News (21)
- Law Enforcement Officer (15)
- Lenders (52)
- Loan Officers (91)
- Louisiana (7)
- Maine (8)
- Manufactured Housing (23)
- Maryland (62)
- Massachusetts (40)
- Matthew Cox (1)
- Michigan (37)
- Minnesota (18)
- Mississippi (17)
- Missouri (71)
- Money Laundering (61)
- Montana (4)
- Mortgage Backed Securities (10)
- Mortgage Elimination schemes (1)
- Mortgage Related Murder(s) (8)
- Mortgage Spam (2)
- Nebraska (2)
- Nevada (16)
- New Hampshire (4)
- New Jersey (51)
- New Legislation (11)
- New Mexico (4)
- New York (161)
- North Carolina (44)
- North Dakota (1)
- Notary (8)
- Ohio (92)
- Oklahoma (6)
- Operation Malicious Mortgage (1)
- Oregon (13)
- Organized Crime (1)
- Other Mortgage News (1)
- Overcharging and/or Theft of Mortgage Fees (53)
- Pennsylvania (73)
- Phishing (1)
- Poconos (5)
- Preparing False Documents (151)
- Prieston Group (4)
- Public Corruption (20)
- Pump and Dump (2)
- Racketeering (1)
- Real Estate Investor (26)
- Realtor (94)
- Reverse Mortgages (1)
- Rhode Island (4)
- Section 8 Housing Fraud (22)
- South Carolina (16)
- South Dakota (1)
- Straw Borrowers (85)
- Tennessee (24)
- Terrorism (6)
- Texas (80)
- The Amico case (1)
- The Prieston Group (2)
- Theft of Mortgage Proceeds (108)
- Time Shares (1)
- Title and Escrow (79)
- Unlicensed Mortgage Broker (38)
- Unlicensed Mortgage Lender (6)
- Use of False ID (11)
- Utah (15)
- Vermont (5)
- Virginia (18)
- Washington (WA) (26)
- Wisconsin (17)
- Witness Tampering/Obstruction of Justice (13)
- Zintron Case (2)
40 Most Recent Entries
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- FBI announces 400+ arrests in Operation Malicious Mortgage
- Florida woman sentenced to over 4 years in fraud scheme
- Two former mortgage company principals indicted
- Florida AG announces conviction of 2 mortgage brokers
- Minnesota AG files suit against 6 foreclosure rescue 'consultants"
- Man indicted in allegations of fraud in two apartment complexes
- New look front page added
- Two men plead guilty in mortgage fraud case
- DC man guilty in forged deed scam
- Lake Forest (CA) man indicted in ID Theft case
- Valley (CA) man charged with attempting to obtain $500,000 credit line on house he was renting
- Concord (CA) woman charges with mortgage fraud
- Three Ohio men indicted in mortgage fraud
- Tampa man guilty in mortgage fraud case
- DC man pleads guilty - stole customer identities
- We're still here
- Former Long Beach Mortgage employee pleads guilty in fraud case
- Auburn (CA) woman arrrested on wire fraud charges
- Tennessee woman pleads guilty in mortgage fraud case
- 3 arrested in forged deeds sting
- 2nd wave of arrests in Miami-Dade fraud crackdown
- 5 charges in Hennepin County (MN) fraud case
- Missouri attorney enters guilty plea to mortgage fraud
- Los Angeles foreclosure scam results in court appearances
- Four indicted in ID Theft scheme - used deceased womans ID to obtain mortgage
- Another disbarred NY attorney indicted, accused of stealing escrow frauds
- Illinois AG announces more lawsuits in fight against mortgage fraud
- Mortgage broker subjuect of law suit from Illinois AG - accused of fraud
- Illinois AG sues mortgage broker and alleges fraud (2 of 2)
- Disbarred Illinois attorney sentenced in land fraud scheme
- Owner of a North Carolina Title Agency sentenced to 67 months in prison
- Recent Case Updates
- Title Agency in Plano, TX has licence revoked
- Texas man gets 40 years in prison for his part in a mortgage fraud
- Hennepin County (MN) man charged in mortgage fraud allegations
- Four plead guilty in San Diego sub-prime mortgage fraud case
- Recent Case Updates
- Three men indicted in Tennessee mortgage fraud allegations
- Pennsylvania AG files suit in real estate fraud allegations
- Queens, NY appraisal firm indicted in allegations of inflated appraisals
Entries by Month
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- June 2008 (1)
- May 2008 (5)
- April 2008 (9)
- January 2008 (1)
- December 2007 (6)
- November 2007 (40)
- October 2007 (28)
- September 2007 (43)
- August 2007 (17)
- July 2007 (31)
- June 2007 (39)
- May 2007 (26)
- April 2007 (6)
- 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)
- June 2002 (5)
- May 2002 (12)
- April 2002 (8)
- March 2002 (3)
- February 2002 (8)
- January 2002 (6)
- December 2001 (3)
- November 2001 (4)
- October 2001 (2)
- September 2001 (3)
- August 2001 (3)
- July 2001 (2)
- June 2001 (4)
- April 2001 (1)
- March 2001 (5)
- February 2001 (1)
- January 2001 (2)
- December 2000 (1)
- November 2000 (1)
- October 2000 (3)
- September 2000 (2)
- August 2000 (1)
- July 2000 (1)
- June 2000 (1)
- April 2000 (2)
- March 2000 (1)
- February 2000 (3)
- November 1999 (1)
- October 1999 (2)
- June 1999 (1)
- May 1999 (1)
- March 1999 (2)
- February 1999 (1)
