A bit about contruction and mortgages…
The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance issued two Cease and Desist Orders to two separate entities. These orders have become final. This Cease and Desist Orders were issued by the Department after it obtained evidence that Real Estate Services…
Megan McGuire, Miramar, Florida, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and/or wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for her involvement in Operation Whose House. On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Christine A. Brown also pled guilty to one court of…
Ronald Clark Joseph, 49, has been charged with two counts of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of money laundering in connection to a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders out of millions of dollars in Minnesota. The indictment states t…
The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (“Department”) entered into a Consent Order with North American Real Estate Services, Inc. d/b/a Pacific Bancorp (“NARES”), License Number 18601, located at 11555 Heron Bay Blvd., Suite 200, Coral S…
Willard Horne Jr., 34, Norfolk, Virginia, was indicted on one count of Theft, with an elderly specification, and one count of Receiving Stolen Property. Horne is alleged to have stolen $85,000 from an 87-year-old woman by claiming that her home at 1446…
Sammy Quick, 29, Brookpark, Ohio, and Brian Cicerchi, 29, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, partners at First Primary Mortgage Inc., deceived a woman out of her home through a “foreclosure rescue scheme” according to court records. The victim got behin…
Gary Lee, 52, is charged with Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Use of Unauthorized Access Devices, and Criminal Forfeiture for inducing people to invest in bogus real estate projects in Las Vegas, Nevada using fra…
Connie S. Farris, 62, owner-operator of Global Express Capital Corporation is charged with 61 counts of Mail Fraud for inducing people to invest in deeds of trust that reportedly paid high interest rates but which did not exist. A warrant was issued fo…
By Ella Foley-Gannon and Julie AustinOn March 12, 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released new and modified Nationwide Permits (NWP), which authorize dredge and fill activities that will cause minimal individual and cumulative adverse effects. The revised NWPs…
After an eight week trial, a federal jury today returned guilty verdicts against ten defendants charged with multiple counts in a mortgage fraud scheme that targeted the Atlanta, Georgia metro housing and condo market from 2000 through part of 2003.&nb…