Justice Department Alleges California Loan Modification Service Providers...
The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit alleging that several mortgage loan modification service providers violated the federal Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act by intentionally...
View ArticleTwo California Men Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Struggling Homeowners
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two California residents involved in an extensive mortgage loan modification scheme were sentenced today in...
View ArticleCalifornia Resident Sentenced to 52 Months in Federal Prison for Defrauding...
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MEHDI MOAREFIAN, also known as “Michael Miller,” 37, of Irvine, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
View ArticleTwo Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Felony charges were filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in San Francisco, against Florence Fung of...
View ArticleEastern California Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging and...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 2, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An Eastern California real estate investor pleaded guilty today to conspiring to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate...
View ArticleThree Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at...
View ArticleTwo Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid...
Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role in bid rigging and fraud conspiracies at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the...
View ArticleJustice Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Agree to...
The Justice Department today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) that will support wide-ranging reforms in LASD’s Antelope Valley...
View ArticleTwo Northern California Real Estate Investors Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and...
Two Northern California real estate investors pleaded guilty for their role in bid-rigging conspiracies and mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department...
View ArticleFormer President of Bay Area Home Builder Pleads Guilty to Mortgage Fraud...
Ayman Shahid, 39, of Danville, California, the former president of Discovery Sales Inc. (DSI), pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland, California, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud announced U.S....
View ArticleSeal Beach Man Who Defrauded Dozens of Distressed Homeowners in Foreclosure...
A Seal Beach man who operated a bogus mortgage rescue scheme – in which he made false promises to dozens distressed homeowners, filed fraudulent bankruptcies to delay foreclosure and rented the...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice and EPA Announce $78 Million Superfund Settlement to...
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that a group of 66 companies have agreed to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical...
View ArticleTen Eastern California Real Estate Investors Sentenced for Roles in...
Ten Eastern California real estate investors were sentenced yesterday for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Eastern...
View ArticleOwner of California Company that Falsely Advertised Mortgage Assistance...
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN VESCERA, 60, of Dana Point, Calif., was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New...
View ArticleTwo Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid...
Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the...
View ArticleFour Northern California Real Estate Investors Convicted of Rigging Bids at...
A federal jury yesterday convicted four real estate investors for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in Alameda County, California, the Department...
View ArticleNorthern California Man Convicted of Rigging Bids at Public Foreclosure Auctions
A federal jury convicted Thomas Joyce for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in Contra Costa County, California, the Department of Justice announced...
View ArticleNorthern California Real Estate Investor Sentenced for Rigging Bids at Public...
A Northern California real estate investor was sentenced yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice...
View ArticleFederal Court Permanently Bars California Man From Preparing Property Appraisals
A federal court in Helena, Montana permanently barred Ron Broyles of San Rafael, California from preparing - or assisting others in preparing - any property appraisal that will be used in connection...
View ArticleCalifornia Twice Convicted Felon Sentenced to Prison for Operating Fake Law...
An Orange County, California man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California to serve 109 months in prison including the last 12 months in a halfway house for his role as the...
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