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    Two Alabama Real Estate Investors and Their Company Sentenced for Their Roles in Bid-Rigging and Mail Fraud Conspiracies Involving Real Estate Purchased at Public Foreclosure Auctions

    May 21, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 21, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Two Alabama real estate investors and their company were sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in Mobile, for their participation in conspiracies to rig bids an…

    Justice Department Reaches Fair Housing Settlement with Design Professionals in Disability Lawsuit

    May 16, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 16, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the architects and civil engineers involved in the design and construction of multifamily housing complexes located in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. The department’s lawsuit alleges that nine multifamily housing complexes with more than 800 units covered by the Fair Housing Act’s accessibility requirements were designed and built without required accessible features.

    Dorchester Man Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud and Identity Theft

    May 15, 2013 Posted by

    BOSTON – May 15, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A Dorchester man was sentenced yesterday for operating a mortgage fraud scheme to sell his own home and to buy other residential properties.

    Justice Department Announces Fair Housing Settlement with Oregon Developer

    May 9, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 9, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The Justice Department announced today that Oregon developer David Montagne and others affiliated with him have agreed to pay $80,000 and remove accessibility barriers at Gateway Village, a 275 unit apartment complex in Salem, Oregon, to settle a lawsuit alleging that they had violated the Fair Housing Act by building the complex with steps and other features that made it inaccessible to persons with disabilities

    Northern California Real Estate Investor Indicted on Additional Charge

    May 9, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 9, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento today returned a superseding indictment charging Andrew B. Katakis, of Danville, Calif., with obstruct…

    Northern California Real Estate Investor Indicted on Additional Charge

    May 9, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 9, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento today returned a superseding indictment charging Andrew B. Katakis, of Danville, Calif., with obstruction of justice related to a federal investigation into conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in San Joaquin County, Calif., the Department of Justice announced

    Indictment Charges former employees of allentown mortgage co.

    May 3, 2013 Posted by

    PHILADELPHIA – May 3, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The former general manager and five former employees of Madison Funding, Inc., a now-defunct Allentown mortgage loan origination company, are charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a mortgage fraud conspiracy that caused mortgage lending businesses to issue millions of dollars worth of loans that were based on false information. All six defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and related crimes.

    Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development Release New Guidance on “Design and Construction” Requirements Under the Fair Housing Act

    May 1, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 1, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — New guidance released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Justice reinforces the Fair Housing Act requirement that multifamily housing be designed and constructed so as to be accessible to persons with disabilities.

    Department of Justice FY 2014 Budget Request

    April 11, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 11, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — President’s Request Identifies Savings and Efficiencies, Sustains National Security Programs, Strengthens Efforts to Promote Gun Safety, Increases Enforcement of Cyber Security, Financial and Mortgage Fraud, and Immigration Laws, Invests in Protecting Civil Rights, Increases the Capacity for Prisons and Detention, and Enhances State, Local and Tribal Support

    Former Federal Fugitive Pleads Guilty in California to Massive Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme in Connection with Nationwide Foreclosure Scam

    April 9, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 9, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A former Los Angeles resident, who fled to Canada and was a federal fugitive for 12 years, pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and bankruptcy fraud in connection with leading a nearly 15-year foreclosure-rescue scam that fraudulently postponed foreclosure sales for more than 800 distressed homeowners, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California AndrĂ© Birotte Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Melinda Haag, Assistant Director in Charge Bill L. Lewis of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson of the FBI’s San Francisco Field Office and Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program

    Service Members to Receive $39 Million for Violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

    April 5, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 5, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — The Justice Department announced today that under its 2011 settlements with BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, and Saxon Mortgage Servicing Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, 316 service members whose homes were unlawfully foreclosed upon between 2006 and 2010 are due to receive over $39 million in monetary relief for alleged violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).

    Former Quincy Man Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion Schemes and Theft from Federal Housing Program

    March 11, 2013 Posted by

    BOSTON – March 11, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A former Quincy man, now living in New Hampshire, was convicted yesterday for carrying out two elaborate tax evasion schemes and theft of federal housing assistance funds.

    Two Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions

    March 7, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON – March 6, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

    New York City Woman Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud

    February 28, 2013 Posted by

    BOSTON – February 28, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A New York City woman was sentenced Monday afternoon for using a stolen identification to sign fraudulent mortgage loan documents.

    Florida-Based Lender Processing Services Inc. to Pay $35 Million in Agreement to Resolve Criminal Fraud Violations Following Guilty Plea from Subsidiary CEO

    February 18, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 18, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), a publicly traded mortgage servicing company based in Jacksonville, Fla., has agreed to pay $35 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture to address it…

    Former Title Agent and Broker Convicted in Miami for Role in Reverse Mortgage Scheme

    February 6, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 6, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A Miami title agent and former mortgage broker was found guilty late yesterday, Feb. 4, 2013, for her role in a “reverse mortgage” fraud scheme in connection with a loan worth more than $400,000, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida.

    Northern California Real Estate Investor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions

    February 5, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, DC – February 5, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — A Northern California real estate investor has agreed to plead guilty for his role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced

    Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Press Conference Announcing Lawsuit Against S&P

    February 5, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 5, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Good morning – and thank you all for being here. Today, I am joined by Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Stuart Delery; United States Attorney Andre BirottĂ©, Jr., for the Central District of California; and attorneys general from six states and the District of Columbia – in announcing the latest steps forward in our ongoing efforts to protect the American people from financial fraud, to hold accountable those who violate our laws and abuse the public trust, and to seek justice for all whose lives were devastated by the recent economic crisis

    Department of Justice Sues Standard & Poor’s for Fraud in Rating Mortgage-backed Securities in the Years Leading up to the Financial Crisis

    February 5, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 5, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services alleging that S&P engaged in a scheme to defraud investors in structured financial products known as Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs). The lawsuit alleges that investors, many of them federally insured financial institutions, lost billions of dollars on CDOs for which S&P issued inflated ratings that misrepresented the securities’ true credit risks

    Eleven Defendants Indicted for Alleged Roles in Scheme to Fraudulently Control Homeowners’ Associations in Las Vegas

    January 16, 2013 Posted by

    WASHINGTON, DC – January 16, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — A federal grand jury in Nevada today returned an indictment against 11 individuals for their alleged roles in a scheme to fraudulently take control of homeowners’ associations in the Las Vegas …

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