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Mortgage Fraud

Rebecca Tharpe, Mortgage Scammer, Ordered To Lecture About The Perils Of Criminal Schemes

AP | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Kenneth Holder, Queens, Long Island, Rebecca Tharpe Lecture, Rebecca Tharpe, Lecture, Mortgage Fraud, New York News

NEW YORK — A Long Island woman convicted of acting as a "straw buyer" in a mortgage fraud scam has been ordered to give lectures on the perils o...

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U.S. Mortgage Fraud Remains at Epidemic Levels

Pat Choate | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Sars, Banning, Sec, Accountability, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Fbi, Mortgage Fraud, Business News
Pat Choate

Nothing can better send a message to the world that the United States is serious about restoring the integrity of its money industry than by banning from it the prominent people who deceived the nation and the world.

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States May Sue Banks For Fraud Over Mortgage Crisis

nytimes.com | DAVID STREITFELD and JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Fraud, Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Mortgage Fraud, Banks, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Terry Goddard, Eliot Spitzer, Housing Crisis, Business News

Frustrated by the banks' inability or unwillingness to stop an avalanche of foreclosures, the states are considering lawsuits over the creation and ma...

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Mortgage Fraud Rampant And Growing: FBI

Reuters | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Fraud, Foreclosures, FBI on Mortgage Fraud, Housing Crisis, Mortgage Fraud Grows, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Falling housing prices are driving up reports of mortgage fraud, with the FBI saying Tuesday that reported losses are up 83 percent...

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Madoff the God of Plunder

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: R. Allen Stanford, Wall Street Crisis, Madoff, Mortgage Fraud, Banking Crisis, Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Housing Bubble, Business News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

Viewing Wagner's opera as a non-musician and member of the audience, it speaks to me about the leitmotif of avarice and Bernard Madoff.

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The Fraud Squad

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Howard Goodman | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Mortgage Fraud, Fbi, Florida, Foreclosure, Miami, Florida Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Business News

MIAMI -- The sun-seared condominiums along Brickell Avenue stand tall and shiny, but these days they're pockmarked with vacant units, one after the ot...

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US Investigators Find New Twists On Credit Scams

United Press International | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business

Read More: New Credit Scams, Credit Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, New Credit Schemes, Business News

U.S. fraud investigators say they're finding new schemes to improve bad credit histories so lenders will approve mortgages or lines of credit. In one...

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Road to Ruin: Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing

American News Project | Lagan Sebert and Mike Fritz | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Video, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Fraud, Business News

Criminal fraud may be the most under-reported aspect of our current financial crisis. In this "Road to Ruin" report, former subprime lenders from Amer...

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Matthew Palevsky

Mortgage Vultures Dupe Cash-Strapped Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Subprime Mortgages, White Collar Crime, 2nd Chance, Zombeck, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Vultures, Mortgage Fraud, Ee, 2nd Chance Legal Servies, Matt Palevsky, Superior Properties, Chris Mesunas, Mike Garcia, Matthew Palevsky, Politics News

Capitalizing on the collapse of the housing market, a Fair Oaks, California company claimed to provide loan modification services while siphoning mone...

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Attorney General Madigan Sues Two Firms Over Mortgage Rescue Fraud

Chicago Tribune | Mike Dorning | Posted 05.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Centurion Loss Mitigation Group, Chicago Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Lisa Madigan Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Rescue Firms, Housing Crisis, Lisa Madigan, Cash VIP, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan announced this morning at a news conference in Washington that she has filed lawsuits against two Chicago-area compan...

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Lawyer Challenges Arrest In Mortgage Fraud Tied to Dominatrix Club

New York Law Journal | Vesselin MitevNew York Law JournalMarch 30, 2009 | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: George O. Guldi, George Guldi, Dominatrix, Real Estate Fraud, Housing Crisis, Mortgage Fraud, Westhampton Beach-New York, Business News

Now that a lawyer has been arrested in connection with a bizarre real estate fraud that allegedly recruited straw buyers at a dominatrix club, he has ...

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Mortgage fraud reports up 26 percent

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 04.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Housing Market, Economy, Housing Crisis, Recession, Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Fraud Rate Up, Business News

WASHINGTON — A mortgage industry group says there were a record number of mortgage fraud incidents last year, and Rhode Island made its first ap...

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Matthew Tannin: Bear Stearns Former Manager Indicted In Mortgage Sweep

Brigitte Bradford | Posted 06.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Ralph Cioffi, Bear Stearns, Matthew Tannin, Bear Stearns Subprime, Subprime Bailout, Fbi Mortgage Arrests, Subprime Mortgage Fallout, Subprime Mortgages, Bear Stearns Buyout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Arrests, Mortgage Indictments, Bear Stearns Collapse, Mathew Tannin, Mortgage Schemes, Subprime Loans, Mortgage Fraud, Business News

Below is some information on Matthew Tannin, one of the two former Bear Stearns executives indicted today in the FBI's "Operation Malicious Mortgage."...

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Ralph Cioffi: Bear Stearns Former Manager Indicted In Mortgage Crackdown

Brigitte Bradford | Posted 06.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Ralph Cioffi, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Matthew Tannin, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Subprime, Fbi Mortgage Arrests, Subprime Mortgage Fallout, Bear Stearns Buyout, Mortgage Arrests, Subprime Bailout, Mortgage Indictments, Bear Stearns Collapse, Mortgage Schemes, Subprime Loans, Mortgage Fraud, Business News

Below is information on Ralph Cioffi, the former Bear Stearns manager, who was arrested on Thursday and charged with securities fraud and various cha...

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Bear Stearns Executives Ralph Cioffi, Matthew Tannin Indicted... FBI Announces "Operation Malicious Mortgage"

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 06.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Bear Stearns Subprime, Subprime Loans, Subprime Mortgage Fallout, Subprime Mortgages, Bear Stearns Buyout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Subprime Bailout, Bear Stearns, Bear Stearns Collapse, Ralph Cioffi, Fbi Mortgage Arrests, Mortgage Arrests, Matthew Tannin, Mortgage Indictments, Mortgage Schemes, Mortgage Fraud, Business News

Two former Bear Stearns managers have been arrested, federal authorities said Thursday, becoming the first executives to face criminal charges in the ...

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Florida Leads Nation In Mortgage Fraud

AP | Alan Zibel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Fraud, Mortgage Bankers Association, Florida Fraud, Florida, Florida Mortgage Fraud, Business News

Florida led the nation in mortgage fraud in 2007, a dubious distinction it's had two years running. The competition to be first in fraud is getting s...

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