Posts in Fraud

Mar 23 Fake Hud Employee Scammer Gets 8 Years in Prison for Defrauding 500 Distressed Homeowners Out of More Than $2.2 Million

A California scam artist will spend at least eight years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he defrauded more than ...

Mar 23 Loan Mod Law Firm Closure and Attorney Disbarment

Philip A. Kramer, a Calabasas attorney, was disbarred based upon his national loan modification scam. Mr. Kramer admitted to ...

Mar 23 Orange County Loan Mod Scam - $4 Million Judgement

An Orange County judge has ordered the operators of a loan modification scam to pay $4 million, including $2 million in ...

Mar 23 Loan Mod Attorney Scam Artist Gets 7.5 Years in Prison

Howard Shmuckler received a 90-month prison sentence with three years of supervised release for running a fraudulent loan ...

Oct 20 Trustee Postponement Services Use Bankruptcy Fraud to Illegally Stall Foreclosure

Nearly fifteen years ago, 48-year old Glen Alan Ward launched what appears to be the first “Trustee Postponement” scam, which ...

Oct 20 MERS Upheld; “Produce the Note” Fails

Two California appellate courts upheld foreclosures initiated by MERS (the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) . The 2 nd ...