In Austin, Texas, the Austin American Statesman reports:A Lakeway man who has been accused of fraudulent business dealings at least twice has agreed to plead guilty in a new investigation involving allegations that he was paid to fraudulently delay foreclosures on behalf of distressed property owners, according to court documents.Frederic ...
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Written by Administrator on December 18th, 2011
From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Los Angeles, California):Federal authorities have charged an Austin, Texas man with having operated a foreclosure-rescue scam in Los Angeles and elsewhere that falsely promised the owners of more than a thousand distressed properties that they could indefinitely postpone foreclosure sales.Frederic Alan Gladle, of ...
Written by Administrator on December 8th, 2011
From the Office of the U.S. Attorney (Sacramento, California):United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that five persons had been charged in a federal indictment, [...] in connection with a foreclosure rescue scheme. The five defendants, Jewel L. Hinkles aka Cydney Sanchez, 61, of Los Angeles; Bernadette ...
Written by Administrator on November 29th, 2011
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 Exchange Commission and Citigroup over a 2007 mortgage derivatives deal, saying that the S.E.C.’s policy of settling cases by allowing a company to neither admit nor ...
Written by Administrator on November 23rd, 2011
In St. Louis, Missouri, Courthouse News Service reports:The Millsap & Singer law firm, "one of Missouri's largest foreclosure firms," violates its role as a neutral trustee in foreclosures by serving as attorney-in-fact for lenders, a class action claims in City Court.Lead plaintiff Nurdin Beganovic says that in Missouri no court ...
Written by Administrator on November 12th, 2011
In Jacksonville, Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reports:Roger Greenwood thought he had heard of every conceivable bank fee. Then he received his September credit card bill.Bank of America charged the Jacksonville, Ill., man $ 39.23 in interest — on a $ 0 balance. Greenwood was convinced it was a ...
Written by Administrator on November 4th, 2011
In New York City, Reuters reports:Herbert A. Allen, founder of an annual business conference that draws a host of media moguls, is accused in a lawsuit of aiding a family fraud to stop a dying cousin's creditor collecting $ 25.3 million.***The plaintiff, Excelsior Capital LLC, said Herbert A. Allen ...