Saturday, October 6, 2012

Virginia Homeowner Cops Guilty Plea To Using Phony Social Security Number, Bogus Address When Filing Bankruptcy To Stall Foreclosure

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From the  Office of the U.S. Attorney  (Lynchburg, Virginia): A Burkeville, Virginia woman pleaded guilty [...] in the United States Dist...

Industry-Favoring Florida Law Allows For 'At Will' Evictions For Residents In Assisted Living Facilities

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In Broward County, Florida the  South Florida Sun Sentinel  reports: Assisted living facilities often market themselves as "just lik...

Foreclosed Homeowners Opt Against Pressing Criminal Charges Against Neighbors Who Looted Their Home Under Mistaken Belief It Was Abandoned

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In Aurora, Illinois,  WBBM-TV Channel 2  reports: There will be no charges filed against the neighbors who picked clean an Aurora home th...

Homeowner Facing Foreclosure Faces Charges For Pointing Gun At Bank Employee Photographing Home As Part Of Monthly Inspection

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In Bloomfield, Indiana,  WBIW Radio 1340 AM  reports: A March 2013 jury trial date has been set for David Council Jr., of Solsberry,who i...
Friday, October 5, 2012

Banksters' Foreclosure Trash-Out Contractors Claim Another Homeowner/Victim; Break Into Premises When No One Home, Allegedly Took About $10K Of Personal Stuff, Leaving Damage

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In Des Moines, Iowa,  KCCI-TV Channel 8  reports: A Des Moines woman came home to find her belongings gone. A police report shows that la...

Civil Rights Feds File Fair Housing Suit Charging Landlord With Discriminatory Practices, Use Of Slurs, Harassment, Retaliation Targeting Black Tenants

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From the  U.S. Department of Justice  (Washington, D.C.): The Justice Department announced [] that it has filed a Fair Housing Act lawsui...

Tenants To Split $1M In Insurance Company Cash In Suit Settlement Against Former Landlord Who Operated Unsafe, Pest/Mold-Infested 40-Unit Building

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In Rancho Cordova, California,  The Modesto Bee  reports: The conditions were barely tolerable. Tenants living in the 40-unit Cordova Est...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Unrelated Caretaker For Now-Deceased Elderly Sisters Hijacks Their $291/Month 3 Bedroom, NYC Rent-Controlled Apartment; Landlord Expresses Objections With Action To Give Her The Boot

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In New York City, the  New York Post  reports: An East Village woman  claims she can take over a $291-per-month rent-controlled three-bed...

Non-Profit Law Firm Scores Temporary Halt On Home Foreclosure Of Elderly Widow Scammed In Alleged Reverse Mortgage Ripoff

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In Louisville, Kentucky,  WATE-TV Channel 6  reports: A Blount County judge has stopped the foreclosure of a Louisville woman's home,...

TV Cop Sues Co-Op; Says Management's Failure To Properly Fix Leaks Turned Her $1.2M Home Into Moldy Death Trap

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In New York City, the  New York Post  reports: Chung-chung. In the civil justice system, there are lawsuits. This is a “Law & Order” ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Closing Agent, Attorney Each Cop Guilty Pleas In Real Estate Escrow Ripoffs; Existing Mortgages Left Unpaid For Five Victimized Homeowners, Including One Scammer's Own Elderly Dad

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From the  Office of the Westchester County, New York District Attorney : Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore announced tha...

Texas Trial Judge OKs Foreign Company's Exercise Of Eminent Domain Right To Wrestle Land Away From Lone Star State Farmers To Construct Pipeline

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In Beaumont, Texas,  The Southeast Texas Record  reports: A Beaumont judge [last week] granted a foreign company’s petition to condemn la...

Bed-Stuy 'Holy' War Breaks Out Between Excommunicated Christian Elder, Church Leaders Over Alleged $630K Home Equity Refinance Ripoff That Victimized Hapless Senior

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In Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn,  DNAinfo.com New York  reports: A retired Brooklyn accountant is suing his former Christian church and i...

Scam Family Gets Off With Hand Slap After Pleading Guilty To Hijacking Home Titles By Filing False Deeds, Burglary, Rent Skimming

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In San Diego, California,  KSWB-TV Channel 5  reports: A real estate agent who filed a number of false deeds on foreclosed homes that did...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Theft By Deception/Failure To Make Required Disposition Of Property Received Among Charges Facing Pair Pinched By NJ AG In Alleged Sale Leaseback, Equity Stripping Foreclosure Rescue Peddling Racket

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From the  Office of the New Jersey Attorney General : Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced that a father and son from New Jersey ...

Sacramento Feds, California AG Pinch Suspected Foreclosure Rescue Scammer For Allegedly Peddling Mortgage Debt Reduction Scheme; 1,200+ Victims Fell For Ripoffs: Authorities

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In Sacramento, California,  The Modesto Bee  reports: Authorities on Friday arrested a Bay Area man accused of running a mortgage-relief ...

Indiana AG Tags Five More Out-Of-State Outfits For Alleged Loan Modification Ripoffs, Running Up Total To 140 Civil Lawsuits Throughout State Against Suspected Upfront Fee Rackets

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From the  South Bend (Indiana) Tribune : You want to modify your home loan to stop foreclosure and a company offers to help for an upfron...

Missouri AG Targets Suspected Loan Modification Rackets In Three Unrelated Civil Suits Alleging Collection Of Upfront Fees, Failure To Perform Promised Services, Unauthorized Practice Of Law

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From the  Office of the Missouri Attorney General : Attorney General Chris Koster [] filed three separate lawsuits against individuals an...

NC AG Targets Three Outfits, Principals In Civil Suits Alleging Loan Modification & Forensic Loan Audit Ripoffs

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From the  Office of the North Carolina Attorney General : Three North Carolina companies that claim to help people win lower mortgage pay...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Investor Pleads Guilty To Antitrust Charges In Connection With NJ Bid Rigging Racket At Municipal Tax Lien Auctions

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From the  U.S. Department of Justice  (Washington, D.C.): A Pennsylvania corporation pleaded guilty [] to participating in a conspiracy t...

Florida AG Files Civil Suits Tagging So-Called Land Trusts Peddling Schemes Purportedly Designed To Make Underwater Mortgages Disappear

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In Fort Lauderdale, Florida,  The Palm Beach Post  reports: The assets and operations of several South Florida land trust companies, rela...

Use Of Eminent Domain To Condemn Underwater Mortgages: A Pro-Homeowner Viewpoint

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Brooklyn Law School Professor David Reiss writes in  The National Law Journal : Local governments across the country are considering an i...
Sunday, September 30, 2012

Self-Proclaimed President Of Sovereign Citizen Group Accused Of Running Seminars Teaching How To File Retaliatory Liens Against Gov't Officials, Creating Fictitious Bonds To Pay Federal Taxes

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From the  Office of the U.S. Attorney  (Montgomery, Alabama): A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., charged James Timothy Turner, als...

Six Fair Housing Groups Tag BofA In Suit Alleging That They Maintain REO's In White Neighborhoods Better Than REOs In Minority Areas

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From a recent news release from the  National Fair Housing Alliance : [T]he National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and five of its member ...

Florida High Court Sanctions Seven Attorneys For Playing Fast, Loose With Clients' Cash

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In a recent news release,  The Florida Bar  recently announced that the state Supreme Court disciplined 24 attorneys, disbarring eight and ...

Novice Foreclosure Auction Investors Bellyache After Discovering 'Great Buys' Are Tainted With 'Poison Pills'

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In Central Florida, the  Orlando Sentinel  reports: Some bidders who have purchased foreclosed houses at public auction  are complaining ...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

Code Violations Lead To 30-Unit Building Shutdown, Forcing Residents Out On Street; Two Fire Inspectors Attacked After Providing Tenants 72-Hour Notice To Pack Bags & Hit The Road

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In Miami, Florida, WSVN-TV Channel 7 reports: Residents of an apartment building have been forced out of their homes after the structure w...

Class Warfare Breaks Out In NYC 'High' Rise Between Haves, Have Nots; Cannabis Smoke Wafting Thru Vents Triggers Call By Rich To 'Weed' Out Pot-Smoking Poor

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In New York City, the New York Post reports: Class warfare has broken out at a swanky Midtown apartment complex, where high-end renters a...

NYC Points To Legal Technicality To Evict Longtime Greenwich Village Newstand Operator; Big Shot White Shoe Law Firm Volunteers Services To Help City Boot Hapless, Soon-To-Be Jobless Senior

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In New York City, the New York Post reports: The city has gone nuclear in its efforts to oust a longtime Greenwich Village newsstand oper...

1,500 Elderly Residents To Get The Boot After Tribe Buys Out Master Lease On Mobile Home Park Located On Reservation & Announces Closure

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In Broward County, Florida, The Miami Herald reports: The Seminole Tribe of Florida announced on Friday plans to close the Hollywood Es...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Civil Rights Feds Settle Civil Suit With California Bank Alleging That $400K Minimum Loan Amount Policy Had Discriminatory Effect Against Blacks, Latinos

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From the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.): The Justice Department announced [] that Luther Burbank Savings will invest $2 mil...

Civil Rights Feds Tag Mobile Home Park Operators In Civil Suit Alleging Race-Based Housing Discrimination Against Black Rental Applicants

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From the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.): The Justice Department announced [] that it has filed a lawsuit against the owner ...

Male California Landlord Agrees To Cough Up $2M+ To Settle Fair Housing Suit Alleging Illegal Use Of Hands, Etc. Targeting 25 Female Tenants

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From the U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.): The Justice Department [] announced that Rawland Leon Sorensen, the owner and mana...

Leaky 7-Year Old 240-Unit Condo Complex Requires Stiff HOA Repair Assessments, Leaving Dozen Condo Owners Facing Foreclosure; Developer: 'Not My Problem!'

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In Calgary, Alberta, CBC News reports: A Calgary architect is trying to turn the page on one of the city's largest condo repair projec...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Married Couple Gets Multi-Year Prison Sentences In Sale Leaseback Equity Stripping Racket That Screwed At Least 21 Homeowners

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In Riverside, California, Southwest Riverside News Network reports: A Murrieta couple who targeted distressed Inland Empire homeowners in ...