From an announcement from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:(1)The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) and pro bono counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell (Davis Polk) have filed their fifth lawsuit in a year targeting for-profit loan modification companies in Nassau County, New York, and ...
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Written by Administrator on April 3rd, 2012
Written by Administrator on March 26th, 2012
In San Diego, California, KGTV Channel 10 reports:The San Diego City Attorney's Office announced [] that will spend a $ 57,000 state grant to hire a part-time investigator to look into allegations of mortgage and foreclosure fraud.The investigator will focus on loan modification and foreclosure consultant businesses that take ...
Written by Administrator on March 26th, 2012
In Santa Clara County, California, the Gilroy Dispatch reports:Rene Alvarez and Mariano Ortega, the co-owners of M & R Contemporary Solutions, a Campbell foreclosure consulting firm, pled guilty and no contest Monday to theft and foreclosure fraud charges. The charges related to a scheme that, over a year, bilked about ...
Written by Administrator on March 26th, 2012
In Ventura County, California, the Ventura County Star reports:An Oxnard woman and a Los Angeles man were charged with four counts of grand theft on allegations they collected thousands of dollars in fees on promises to reduce a woman's mortgage loan and save her home from foreclosure, prosecutors said.Gloria Becerra, ...
Written by Administrator on March 12th, 2012
In Trenton, New Jersey, newjerseynewsroom.com reports:The state Division of Consumer Affairs has issued violation notices to three companies and their operators who took money from consumers for mortgage modification services without being licensed by the state as legally required.(1)None of the 270 consumers who have filed complaints were able to ...
Written by Administrator on March 11th, 2012
From the Office of the California Attorney General:Attorney General Kamala D. Harris [] announced the arrests of the owners and managing attorney of a law firm that took thousands of dollars in up-front loan modification fees for services that were never performed for homeowners, many of whom ended up losing ...
Written by Administrator on March 9th, 2012
Gregory Flahive, 39, Cynthia Flahive, 41, and Mike Johnson, 42, the owners and managing attorney of a law firm that took thousands of dollars in up-front loan modification fees for services that were never performed for homeowners, many of whom ended up losing their ...