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Mortgage Fraud Archives
Week Ending September 17, 2010
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Sept. 17, 2010
Mortgage Fraud on Commission's Agenda
A federal financial crisis commission will discuss South Florida mortgage fraud at a Miami hearing.
read story at Miami Herald
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Sept. 16, 2010
$1.7 Million for Prosecuting AZ Mortgage Fraud
A $1.7 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice to Arizona's attorney general's office to fight mortgage fraud in the state.
read announcement from Arizona Attorney General
Freddie Steps Up Fraud Fight
Mortgage firms that sell loans to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. have new procedures to follow as part of the company's efforts to police and reduce mortgage fraud.
read story at Mortgage Daily
White Paper on Fraud at Lending Institutions
As you think of the suspense-filled spy movies in which the hero must defuse a bomb to save the city, you can hear the familiar “tick, tick, tick” of the bomb’s time clock. With ninja like precision the hero cuts the yellow wire, or maybe the red wire, just in time to stop the clock, neutralize the bomb, and save the day. The rush of adrenaline, the intensive focus, and the danger seem to only last for a few seconds then it is all over and everything is safe.
read full report
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Sept. 13, 2010
Mortgage Fraud Prevented at Application
A company that provides technology for the applications taken by mortgage loan officers has loaded its offerings with technology that helps prevent mortgage fraud.
read full announcement
Calif. Town Sees $150k Mortgage Fraud Grant
The town of Glendale, Calif., has put a $150,000 grant for mortgage fraud to use. So far this year, local law enforcement has worked on 50 cases with 134 defendants.
read story at GlendaleNewsPress.com
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Sept. 2, 2010
Flops, Foreclosures and Fraud
Short-sale fraud, foreclosure fraud and mortgage fraud are all topics that Ann Fulmer is an expert on.
watch full video at FraudBlogger.com
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Aug. 24, 2010
Texas Family Mired in Mortgage Fraud
The Corsicana Daily Sun is running a four-part series on the Texas Marriotts.
read story at Corsicana Daily Sun
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Aug. 23, 2010
350 FBI Agents Dedicated to Mortgage Fraud
More than 350 of the 13,000 agents employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation are devoted to mortgage fraud.
read full story at WITN
Mortgage Fraud Cases Jump 55%
A big surge in the number of active mortgage fraud cases helped push the Second Quarter 2010 FraudBlogger.com Index higher. The heavier caseload follows increased efforts by the Obama administration to prosecute mortgage crimes.
read full announcement
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Aug. 21, 2010
Story of Bonny and Clyde of Mortgage Fraud
In 2004, Matthew Bevan Cox and Rebecca Marie Hauck were dubbed the "Bonny and Clyde of mortgage scams" by MortgageDaily.com. The two fugitives were on a mortgage fraud spree.
read article - watch video
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Aug. 17, 2010
Risk of Mortgage Fraud Subsides
U.S. mortgage loans are less likely to involve mortgage fraud than they were three months ago, according to a quarterly index released Tuesday. But the risk of identity fraud was worse.
read story at MortgageDaily.com
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Aug. 13, 2010
Uptown Dallas Hotbed of Fraud
The 75201 zip code includes an arts district, several entertainment centers and lots of swanky high-rise condominiums. An anlysis of mortgages there, however, indicated 13 percent of loans in the are include mortgage fraud.
read story at Dallas Morning News
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| Date |
Defendants |
State |
Amount of Loans |
Overview |
Source |
| Sep. 17 |
ROBERT ERNEST BRANDT, WILLIAM ANDERSON |
WA |
$7,000,000 |
78-month sentence for Brandt, 5-year sentence for Anderson. |
Justice.gov |
| Sep. 17 |
Jorge Cidar Mendez Chavez |
VA |
$6,000,000 |
27-month sentence. |
FBI.gov |
| Sep. 17 |
Yoba Falcon, Jose M. Esteves, Elizabeth River |
FL |
purchase prices exceeded $2,500,000 |
100-month sentence for Falcon, 10-month sentence for Esteves. |
FBI.gov |
| Sep. 17 |
Rebecca Domecillo, Jeremy Beadle |
MO |
restitution of $762,146 |
Domecillo sentenced to 27 months. |
Associated Press |
| Sep. 16 |
MICHAEL DAVID SCOTT, JERROLD FOWLER, THURSA RAETZ |
MA |
22 counts |
Charges filed. |
Justice.gov |
| Sep. 15 |
JANE SOULLIERE, Jose Guzman |
CT |
200 loans causing losses of several million |
Guilty plea for Soulliere. |
Justice.gov |
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