A former Illinois contractor avoided prison time when a judge sentenced him to three years of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and a $9,500 fine for his role in a bank fraud scheme involving straw buyers and overvalued properties. The Belleville...
The Financial Crimes Unit of Texas’ Midland Police Department made its first arrest after investigating a series of fraudulent real estate sales. The suspect, 50-year-old Courtney Lister, was arrested on April 13. At the time of his apprehension, he possessed and...
A Pennsylvania real estate agent has been arrested on child pornography charges. Albert Strobe, 48, was the subject of an investigation by the Montgomery County Detective Bureau and Lower Providence Township Police following a cybertip from the National Center for...
A Philadelphia real estate agent was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment and two years of in connection with a scheme in which he raised millions of dollars from individuals and businesses, supposedly for short-term real estate financing opportunities, when no such...
Stephen L. Hochberg, a former Massachusetts real estate executive was sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years supervised release, for his role in a multi-year scheme to cheat the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with under-the-table pay of more than...
Equifax Says Nearly 2,000 Mortgage Firms Used Its VantageScore Offer
