Saturday, December 10, 2011

Would-Be Tenant Gets Taken For $1,200 Deposit As Rent Scams Targeting Unwitting Victims Continue

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In Portsmouth, Virginia, WVEC-TV Channel 13 reports: [Paula] Jones was ripped off in a rental house scheme. She responded to a "for r...

BofA At Center Of Another Public Nuisance; Burned Out, Dilapidated Pre-F'closure Brownstone Sinks Quality Of Life On One Harlem Block

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In New York City, WNBC-TV Channel 4 reports: Neighbors who live on one Harlem block are growing angrier each day they are forced to look at...

Fire, Vandalism To Attached Neighboring Property In Foreclosure Destroys Dreams For Young NJ Family

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In Trenton, New Jersey, The Times of Trenton reports: Remy Joseph says his American dream has been torn apart. Three years ago, he moved in...
Friday, December 9, 2011

Lawyer Who Copped Plea To Ripping Off $730K From 11 Clients Gets Extension On Prison Deferral Deal; Judge Says He'll Serve His 1-3 Yrs No Matter What

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In Westchester County, New York, The Journal News reports: A disbarred real estate lawyer who was supposed to go to prison Friday for steal...

Convicted NY Attorney Gets License Yanked For Role In Sale Leaseback, Equity Stripping Ripoff

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In New York City, Reuters reports: A New York attorney convicted in connection with a mortgage-fraud scheme that bilked $1.4 million from f...

Purported Renter w/ Dubious History Hijacks Possession Of Vacant Home; DA's Response To Victimized Homeowners: Don't Bother Us - It's A Civil Matter!

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In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Citypaper reports: [Gerald] Sterrett agreed to help [Dwayne] Stewart try to negotiate a lease-t...

Feds Tag Municipality, HOA With Housing Discrimination Against Families With Children Over Purported 55+ Age-Restricted Condo Complex

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From the U.S. Department of Justice : The Justice Department filed a lawsuit yesterday against a California municipality and a homeowners’ a...

Suspected Home Title Scammer Now Faces Lawsuit Involving Allegations Of $320K Church Ripoff In Allegedly Fraudulent Loan Transaction

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In Boynton Beach, Florida, The Palm Beach Post reports: The Haitian Bethel Baptist Church had a growing base of parishioners in the fall of...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Nephew Scams Elderly Uncle Suffering From Chronic Dementia Out Of His Home; Buys His Way Out Of Prison Time By Giving Back Ripped Off Funds

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In Saskatoon, British Columbia, The StarPhoenix reports: A man who took advantage of his elderly uncle’s chronic dementia in order to st...

Lawsuit: Lawyer Pocketed 50% Of Client's Home Sale Proceeds; Refuses Requests To Fork Over The Cash; Won't Talk To Now-Former Client

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In Galveston, Texas, The Southeast Texas Record reports: Frederick W. Fournier seeks to have a local state district judge compel a Friendsw...

Scammers Exploit Close Ties To The Elderly To Carry Out Their Handiwork

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A column in Canada.com reports on the ripoffs targeting the elderly by family members and others with close personal contact to the victims...

'My Grandson & His No-Good Wife Used Phony Promises To Squeeze Me Into Signing Over Deed To My Home,' Says Elderly Texas Woman In Lawsuit

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In Galveston County, Texas, The Southeast Texas Record reports: A Santa Fe woman and her grandchildren are embroiled in a legal dispute ove...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Maryland AG Issues Cease & Desist Order Against Alleged Loan Modification Racket

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In Baltimore, Maryland, Legal Newsline reports: Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced on Thursday that he has issued a cease ...

Hawaii Regulator Files Suit Claiming Unfair & Deceptive Trade Practices In Alleged Loan Modification Ripoff

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In Honolulu, Hawaii, HawaiiNewsNow reports: State consumer protection officials are going after a Village Park woman whom they say preyed u...

Mortgage Broker Cops Extortion Plea In Conspiracy To Squeeze Cash, Real Estate From Four Victims

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From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Trenton, New Jersey): A New Jersey mortgage broker [] admitted in federal court that he conspired wit...

Banksters Abusing FDIC Loss-Share Agreements?

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The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports: In the wake of the recent real-estate meltdown, the borrower of a nonperforming loan called his len...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Another Investor Falls In Ongoing Mobile Federal Probe Into Foreclosure Sale Bid Rigging

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From the U.S. Department of Justice : A Mobile, Ala., real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty [] for his role in a conspiracy to rig...

California AG Pinches Trio In Alleged Loan Modification Racket That Clipped Homeowners For Up To $5K In Upfront Fees For Bogus Mortgage Help

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From the Office of the California Attorney General : Attorney General Kamala D. Harris [] announced the arrests of three top officers of a S...

Mobile Home Dealer Charged w/ Theft Now Faces Civil Suit Alleging She Never Delivered Clear Title To Would-Be Homebuyers Now Facing Foreclosure

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In Rio Grande Valley, Texas, KGBT-TV Channel 4 reports: Some 43 customers of La Feria’s Park Girl Mobile Homes are asking a local court to ...

Banksters' Ripoffs Now Extend To Homestead Exemption Fraud; Retain Tax Benefits On Foreclosed Homes Originally Claimed By Former Owners

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In Providence, Rhode Island, GoLocalProv reports: Banks and other lenders have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars on foreclosed homes i...

Real vs. Personal Property: Lender Screw-Up Leaves It Holding The Bag On Voided Mortgage Purportedly Secured By Manufactured Home

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Lexology reports: The case of In re Dickson , 655 F.3d 585 (6th Cir. 2011) centered on the status of the debtor’s manufactured home under K...
Monday, December 5, 2011

Massachusetts AG Lawsuit Accuses Banksters Of Improper Foreclosures Based On Bogus Docs, MERS Of Corrupting Public Land Recording System

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The New York Times reports: Citing extensive abuses of troubled borrowers across Massachusetts, the state’s attorney general sued the natio...

590 Employees With Document Processing Outfit Tied To NYS Foreclosure Mill Face The Axe

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In Buffalo, New York, The Buffalo News reports: Pillar Processing, a back-office and document-processing firm with close ties to the Steven...

Colorado Ethics Watchdog Files Complaint Alleging Receipt Of Secret Benefits By Public Trustees Indirectly Funded By Major Foreclosure Lawyer

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In Denver, Colorado, The Denver Post reports: An ethics-watchdog group filed a complaint Wednesday charging the Pubic Trustee Association o...

Notary Who Copped Plea In Massive Fraudulent F'closure Robosigning Case Found Dead In Home After Failure To Appear For Sentencing; Homicide Ruled Out

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In Las Vegas, Nevada, KSNV MyNews Channel 3 reports: The notary who signed tens of thousands of false documents in a massive robo-signing s...
Sunday, December 4, 2011

IG Report Slams Fannie, Freddie Over Improper Foreclosures, Refusal To Force Banksters To Buy Back Crappy Home Loans; Cost To Taxpayers: Billion$

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The Associated Press reports: A government watchdog said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac improperly foreclosed on homeowners and cost the govern...

State AG Invokes NYS Martin Act To Acquire Jurisdiction In Probe Into Violations Of Federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act In Home Foreclosures

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In New York City, Financial Times reports: Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney-general, has launched an investigation into possibly unlawf...

Massachusetts AG Scores $52M Lawsuit Settlement Alleging Securitized Subprime Home Loans Were 'Presumptively Unfair'

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In Boston, Massachusetts, The Boston Globe reports: A Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary will pay $52 million to settle claims related to it...

$285M SEC/Citi Settlement Over Mtg Derivatives Kiboshed; Judge: Policy Of Allowing Targets Off Hook w/out Admissions, Denials Not In Public Interest

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In New York City, The New York Times reports: A federal judge in New York on Monday threw out a settlement between the Securities and Excha...

NY Foreclosure Process Could Grind To A Halt Due To Imminent Closure Of Upstate Sweatshop

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The New York Post reports: The implosion of the foreclosure-mill law firm of Steven J. Baum has thrown close to 10,000 New York families in...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

City: BofA The Biggest Culprit In Ignoring City Ordinance To Ensure Maintenance Of Vacant Homes; Bankster Heads List Of Worcester Scofflaws

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In Worcester, Massachusetts, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reports: A national bank that city officials say is the biggest culprit i...

Victimized Florida Foreclosure Defense Attorney Points Finger Of Blame At BofA For Role In $100K+ Ripoff; Says Bankster Was Asleep At Wheel

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In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, WTVJ-TV Channel 6 reports: A Fort Lauderdale attorney says she was duped out of more than $100,000 by her form...

Pair Pinched For Allegedly Ripping Off, Pawning Property From Home In Foreclosure They Were Hired To Winterize

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In Pahrump, Nevada, KTNV-TV Channel 13 reports: A couple that was hired to winterize a home in Pahrump has been accused instead of stealing...
Friday, December 2, 2011

Tenants In 100-Unit Apt. Complex In F'closure Left Out In Cold As Landlord Skips Town, Closes Utility Account, Leaves Residents w/out Heat, Hot Water

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In Bethany, Oklahoma, The Oklahoman reports: When tenants saw the moving trucks outside their landlord's apartment at Rockwell Arms, th...

New Haven Slumlord Continues Pocketing Taxpayer-Subsidized Sec. 8 Rent Despite Stiffing Tenant Out Of $30K Lawsuit Award For Ceiling Cave-In Injuries

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In New Haven, Connecticut, the New Haven Independent reports: It’s been more than two years since the bathroom ceiling in Delwanna Wiggins’...

Florida 'Ana Nicole' Judge Accused Of Attempting To Hijack Now-Deceased Widow's Estate Settles Civil Action

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In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports: The civil case accusing former Broward Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin of ...

Repeatedly Kissing Co-Worker, Representing Mom In F'closure After Stiffing Her On Illegal Campaign Loan Among Antics Meriting Pink Slip For Judge

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In Tallahassee, Florida, Florida Today reports: The state Supreme Court removed a central Florida judge from the bench [], ruling that he w...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Victim Of Possible Contract For Deed Scam Fights To Save Home; Says Bank F'closed Despite Her Prompt Payments To Intermediary 'Investment Company'

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In Horry County, South Carolina, WMBF-TV reports: One local viewer contacted WMBF News saying she's making her payments on time to liv...

Banksters Abusing FDIC Loss-Share Agreements?

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The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports: In the wake of the recent real-estate meltdown, the borrower of a nonperforming loan called his len...

Fire, Vandalism To Attached Neighboring Property In Foreclosure Destroys Dreams For Young NJ Family

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In Trenton, New Jersey, The Times of Trenton reports: Remy Joseph says his American dream has been torn apart. Three years ago, he moved in...

State High Court Gives Florida Attorney 90 Days In 'Penalty Box' For Representing Homeowner In Foreclosure Without Latter's Knowledge, Consent

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In Tampa, Florida, the St. Petersburg Times reports: Tampa condo owner Alejandro Salazar was surprised to learn that Clearwater lawyer Bruc...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

$285M SEC/Citi Settlement Over Mtg Derivatives Kiboshed; Judge: Policy Of Allowing Targets Off Hook w/out Admissions, Denials Not In Public Interest

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In New York City, The New York Times reports: A federal judge in New York on Monday threw out a settlement between the Securities and Excha...