Saturday, June 6, 2009

Harvard Law Class Of 2009 Sets School Pro Bono Record

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In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law School News reports: Demonstrating a strong commitment to public service, the class of 2009 put in...

NYC Pro Bono Recruiting Effort Continues

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In The Bronx, New York, the New York Law Journal reports: NYC Legal Outreach will hold its second meeting [Monday, June 8] to recruit atto...

More Problems With Loan Modification Firms

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The following links are to stories on financially strapped homeowners reporting problems with loan modification companies they hired to help...

Watch Out For Mail Solicitations Simulating Official Forms & Letters From Government Agencies Offering Mortgage Help

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The New York Times reports: The letter may look like a government form. The logo may seem official. The Web site address may sound like an ...
Friday, June 5, 2009

It's Standing Room Only At Sarasota Foreclosure Court's "Rocket Docket"

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In Sarasota, Florida, the Tampa Tribune reports: Lawyers and frantic homeowners cram together, creating a standing-room-only crowd before J...

South Carolina Homeowner Loses Home In Sale Leaseback Foreclosure Rescue Deal

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In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, WMBF-TV reports: The home is the centerpiece of the American dream. A dream that for Larry Revels has turn...

Missouri AG Files Suit Against Two Mortgage Refinancing Firms Accused Of Calling Consumers Having Phone Numbers On State's "Do Not Call" Registry

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In Jefferson City, Missouri, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports: Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced today suits against two ...
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Las Vegas Family Loses Home to Foreclosure Over $39 Fee, Despite Being Otherwise Current On Loan Modification Agreement With Lender

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In Las Vegas, Nevada, KVBC-TV Channel 3 reports: " Your house has been sold based on the fact you failed to send a $39 contribution. W...

Treasury Department Issues Alert On Scammers Using Fraudulent Promissory Notes & Bonds In Attempt To Buy Real Estate, Vehicles

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The U.S. Treasury Department has informed the National Association of Realtors ("NAR") by letter of a new fraud that is making th...

Elk Grove Cop Charged With Lying On Mortgage Applications; Brother, Sister-In-Law Accused Of Pocketing $200K In Separate Refinancing Scheme

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In Elk Grove, California, KXTV Channel 10 reports: An Elk Grove police officer has been charged by federal authorities for allegedly lying o...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Manhattan Feds Bust Alleged Equity Stripping, Mortgage Fraud Scam; 13 Suspects Charged

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In Islip, New York, the New York Daily News reports: The feds busted up a $10 million mortgage scam that had left city and Long Island home...

Minnesota Feds Convict Mortgage Broker In Equity Stripping, Foreclosure Rescue Scam; Victims Duped Into Believing Deals Were Mere Refinancings

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Minnesota): A federal [trial] jury [...] convicted a 41-year-old Prior Lake man on seven criminal cou...

NY Judge Gives Go-Ahead To Tax Foreclosure Sale Despite Property Owner's Failure To Receive Notice Of Action While In County Jail On Unrelated Matter

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In Canandaigua, New York, the Daily Messenger reports: A property that was slated to be sold at Ontario County’s foreclosure auction May 6 ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

New FHA Program Allowing Use Of Reverse Mortgages To Purchase Home Prohibited In Texas; OK Everywhere Else

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The San Antonio Express News reports: Imagine being able to buy a new home with a 40 percent down payment and not ever having to make a mor...

Missouri AG Tags Loan Modification Firm With Allegations Of Clipping Homeowners For Illegal Upfront Fees; Seeks Restitution & Civil Penalties

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The St. Louis Business Journal reports: Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster on Tuesday sued a St. Louis company that allegedly failed to...

Parents Testify Against Son Accused & Subsequently Convicted Of Using Forged Documents To Refinance Family Home, Pocketing £55,000

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In Gloucestershire, UK, the Daily Mail reports: A couple were horrified to discover that their son had remortgaged their home to raise £55,...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Loan Modification Outfit Sued By Idaho AG Abruptly Shuts Down; Homeowners, Employees Left High & Dry As Feds, State Slap $700K+ In Tax Liens On Firm

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In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, The Spokesman Review reports: Apply 2 Save Inc. in Coeur d’Alene has closed its doors, shutting out hundreds o...
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Virginia Feds Get 3 Guilty Pleas In Scam That Ripped Off $600K+ From Unwitting Homeowners' HELOC Accounts; One Suspect Remains A Fugitive

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Eastern District - Virginia): Chad Antoine Vieux, age 27, of Central Islip, New York, pled guilty tod...

Pennsylvania Regulator Issues Cease & Desist Orders Against Six Loan Modification Firms

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From the Pennsylvania Department of Banking : The Department of Banking has ordered six out-of-state mortgage modification companies to end ...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

California Fugitive Suspected Of Stealing, Then Selling, Home With Forged Deed Nabbed By Texas Cops

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From the Office of the San Bernardino County, California District Attorney : In 2006, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office f...

North Carolina Man Charged With Forging Ex-Wife's Signature To Steal Her Interest In Home

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In Cary, North Carolina, the May 20th Police Blotter reported in The Cary News contains this entry: On May 12, police charged Robert Harry...

Harvard Law's "No One Leaves" Group Makes House Calls To Help Tenants Fight Off Foreclosure Evictions

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In Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Harvard University Gazette reports: On a bright May afternoon, two third-year Harvard Law School students ...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Closing Agent Gets 24 Months After Copping Plea To Pocketing Proceeds Of Real Estate Transactions; Insurance Underwriter Forced To Cough Up $1.2M+

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Rhode Island): A federal judge [last week] sentenced Angela Raposa, age 33, a resident of Riverside, ...

Cincinnati Man Charged With Stealing Bar Claims He's The True Owner; Accuses Alleged Victim Of Forging His Name On Papers To Illegally Transfer Title

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In Cincinnati, Ohio, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: A 40-year-old man was charged Tuesday with deceiving the owner of the East End Café t...

Tennessee Feds Charge Mortgage Broker With Ripping Off Refinancing Proceeds From Customers

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Eastern District, Tennessee): Thomas Duane Roderick, age 42, of Wesley Chapel, Florida, has been indi...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Cleveland Housing Court Judge Slams Brakes On All Wells Fargo Foreclosure Sales Within City; Lender Accused Of Dumping Blighted Homes

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In Cleveland, Ohio, The Plain Dealer reports: Cleveland Housing Court Judge Raymond Pianka on Thursday ordered Wells Fargo Bank to temporar...

Tennessee Couple Loses Home In Phony Foreclosure Rescue Scam; Operators Turn Out To Be Convicted Felons

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In Hardemon County, Tennessee, WREG-TV Channel 3 reports on a local couple facing foreclosure who was offered and accepted assistance from ...

NY Feds Indict Four In Alleged Short Sale, Flipping Fraud Targeting Homeowners In Foreclosure; Unwitting Straw Buyers Left Holding The Bag

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Southern District - New York): LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern Dist...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Court Says Foreclosure Sales Were Invalid As Banks Didn't Acquire Interest In Delinquent Loans Until After Legal Action Was Completed

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In a recent ruling by the Massachusetts Land Court, two foreclosure sales were held to be invalid because, at the time of the publication of...

FTC Files Civil Suit Against Loan Modification Firm Accused Of Deceptive Practices While Clipping Homeowners For $3.3M+ In Upfont Fees

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From the Federal Trade Commision : The Federal Trade Commission has charged a mortgage foreclosure “rescue” operation with falsely promising...

New Housing Law Protects Tenants Nationwide Against Being Blindsided By Surprise Foreclosure Evictions

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The Associated Press reports: Buried in a housing law signed [last] week by President Barack Obama are protections that will help thousands...

NY Title Agent Charged With Misappropriating Escrow Funds From Real Estate Deals; Uses "Ponzi" Approach In Attempt To Conceal Earlier Thefts, Say Feds

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Southern District - New York): LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern Dist...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Florida Courts Continue Efforts To Establish Loan Workout Procedures In Foreclosure Actions

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In South Florida, the Daily Business Review reports: As a state task force labors to develop a uniform statewide approach to the onslaught ...

Scammers Putting Bogus Chinese Drywall Notices On Vacant Homes In Foreclosure To Drive Down Prices At SW Florida Courthouse Sales?

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In Cape Coral, Florida, WINK News reports: A mystery in Cape Coral. Notices, warning of Chinese drywall, are popping up on vacant homes in ...

List Of Homeowners Being Forced From Homes By Chinese Drywall Continues To Grow

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In Parkland, Florida, CNN reports: Sherri and Ira Rojhani stopped paying the mortgage on their 2-year-old South Florida home in April, vict...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

MERS Jammed In Attempt To Foreclose In 27 Cases; Not A Real Party In Interest, Lacked Standing, Failed To Produce Note, Says Nevada Bankruptcy Judge

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In Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas Business Press reports: A Las Vegas bankruptcy judge has dealt a blow to an obscure but critical piece of t...

Ohio Appeals Court Affirms Theft Convictions, Reverses Others In Cleveland-Area Equity Stripping, Foreclosure Rescue Sale Leaseback Scam

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An Ohio appellate court this month issued rulings, affirming in part and reversing in part, the convictions of two criminal defendants in co...

Federal Judge Dismisses Cleveland Public Nuisance Suit Against Big Banks Over Subprime Mess That Left Neighborhoods In Ruins

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In Cleveland, Ohio, The Plain Dealer reports: U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi has dismissed Cleveland's lawsuit against large investment...
Monday, May 25, 2009

FTC Obtains Court Order Halting Scammers' Use Of "MakingHomeAffordable.gov" Link To Deceptively Divert Comsumers Seeking Free Mortgage Assistance

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From the Federal Trade Commision : At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal district court issued an order to stop an Internet-b...

Another Foreclosing Lender Screw Up Puts Homeowner Out Onto Street, Belongings Dumped On Front Lawn

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In Gwinnett County, Georgia, WSB-TV Channel 2 reports: A Gwinnett County woman is trying to put her life back together after an alleged for...

Scammer Cops Plea To Illegally Pocketing $140K From Elderly Clients Promoting Phony Foreclosure Flipping Business

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In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the Appleton Post Crescent reports: An Oshkosh man faces prison after he was convicted Monday of two counts of secur...

10th Defendant In Maryland-Based Foreclosure Rescue Scam Takes Guilty Plea

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In Greenbelt, Maryland, WJZ-TV Channel 13 reports: A 10th person has pleaded guilty in a $35 million mortgage foreclosure rescue scam. Fede...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Failed Attempt To Take Out Mortgage On Mom's Home Among Criminal Charges Facing Louisiana Woman

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In Alexandria, Louisiana, The Town Talk reports: An Alexandria woman faces several charges after she reportedly forged several checks from ...

Former Spouse Used Bogus POA To Secretly Take Out Mortgage On Long Island Mansion Now In Foreclosure, Says Ex-Wife

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In Brooklyn, New York, the New York Post reports: With all the defiance of a spoiled mob princess -- and the dramatic acting chops of an Os...

Hubby Forged Signature on Loan Application, Pocketed £48,000 In Mortgage Proceeds, Says Estranged Wife

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In Wales, United Kingdom, the South Wales Echo reports: A CAR dealer accused of forging his wife’s signature on a £48,000 loan application ...

Now-Bankrupt Husband Accused Of Forging Spouse's Name On $13M+ In Mortgages Secured By Family Home; Wife, Three Kids Now Face Foreclosure

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In Brisbane, Australia, The Sunday Telegraph reports: THE wife of declared bankrupt and former Billabong surfwear boss Matthew Perrin has m...