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Ohio foreclosure firm scams 600 Indiana homeowners
From Indystar.com The Indiana attorney general’s office claims a Cincinnati-based loan modification firm signed fraudulent agreements to help nearly 600 Hoosier homeowners avoid foreclosure. Foreclosure Assistance USA told the homeowners they would help prevent foreclosure in claims made on websites and radio and in direct-mail advertisements and phone solicitations, the attorney general’s office... [Read more]
Loan Mod Problems Finally Hit Homeowners in Michigan
Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press The federal government’s loan modification program, intended to help people save their homes by lowering payments, remains mired in long waits, denials of permanent modifications and shockingly large bills at the end of failed trial modifications. One homeowner owed more than $21,000 after his lender denied him a permanent modification, even though his income was the... [Read more]
Free programs ease homeowners’ burden
Greta Guest, Detroit Free Press Thousands of distressed Michigan borrowers are frustrated over the long waits to get a loan modification. But homeowners don’t have to go it alone. There are dozens of free programs to choose from. And yet too few people who are having trouble making mortgage payments are reaching out for the free help available, housing counselors say. Jamele Hage, executive... [Read more]
Foreclosure scam’s mastermind gets 46 years in prison
Dana Littlefield, San Diego Union-Tribune A man prosecutors described as the ring leader of a real estate fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of San Diego County residents out of more than $2 million was sentenced Friday to 46 years in prison. A jury found William Jeffrey Hutchings, 63, guilty in March of 160 felony counts including conspiracy, grand theft, rent skimming and violations of the mortgage... [Read more]
Jerry Brown Goes After Another Bogus Mod Company – He may actually have a real one this time!
LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that nine men engaged in a Southern California boiler room, tricked out in high-roller style with a roulette wheel and other casino equipment, have been charged with 97 criminal counts for stealing at least $2.3 million from more than 1,500 desperate homeowners who were promised loan modifications but received no relief. Arrested... [Read more]
CA Man Used Unwitting Attorney’s Name On Website To Run Foreclosure Rescue Racket
In Marin County, California, the Contra Costa Times reports: A Sacramento man was arrested [] on suspicion of using a Mill Valley lawyer’s name to scam homeowners facing foreclosure, authorities said. Nicolas Moscouplos was taken into custody after a search warrant was served at his Sacramento office, said Supervising Inspector Carl Chapman of the Marin County District Attorney’s Office. The... [Read more]
CONSUMER ALERT *CONSUMER ALERT *CONSUMER ALERT
TAMPA LOAN MODIFICATION COMPANY & THEIR PRINCIPALS SERVED WITH IMMEDIATE FINAL ORDER TO CEASE & DESIST TAMPA, Fla (March 16, 2010) – The Florida Office of Financial Regulation (OFR) issued and served an Immediate Final Order to Cease and Desist all loan modification services to: Clear Image Financial Group, Inc., 5910 Benjamin Center Drive, Suite 110, Tampa, FL 33634 and its principals Jeff... [Read more]
MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED TO PRISON
Julian James Ruiz III pleads guilty to multiple counts of theft, mortgage fraud and tax evasion and is sentenced to 61 months in prison Oregon Attorney General John Kroger today announced the conviction and sentencing of a Salem mortgage broker on mortgage fraud, theft, identity theft and tax evasion charges. This is the first criminal case completed by the Attorney General’s new Mortgage Fraud... [Read more]
Florida AG Investigating 5 Mod Companies For Violating State Ban
By Diane C. Lade, South Florida Sun Sentinel The Florida Attorney General’s Office has opened five new investigations this year, with four centered in South Florida, involving foreclosure rescue and mortgage modification companies, a key enforcement concern for regulators. Businesses being examined on allegations they took fees upfront for their services, in violation of state law, include: Foreclosure... [Read more]
NH AG Busts Guy For Ripping Off The Handicapped W/ Bogus Mod Company
Attorney General Michael A. Delaney, Banking Commissioner Peter C. Hildreth, and Carroll County Sheriff Christopher Conley announced today the arrest of Eric W. Eliason, aka Ricky Masci, (DOB 12/28/79) for Theft by Deception, as defined by RSA 637:2, with an extended term of imprisonment; Failure to Obtain a Debt Adjustment License, Untrue Statement and... [Read more]
