A California man at the center of a real estate scam that raised $13.8 million by falsely promising investors returns of up to 10% was sentenced to 15 years and one month in prison. The Orange County Register reported Brett Barber, who was a co-owner of Newport...
A Connecticut real estate agent was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role a multi-year scheme to defraud his clients by engaging in fraudulent short sales of government and bank-owned properties to straw buyers acting at the direction of the defendant....
A trio of real estate professionals in California’s Bay Area were sentenced for their roles in a $55 million mortgage fraud conspiracy case. According to the charges brought against them, Tjoman Butalim of San Francisco was a licensed real estate broker until his...
A woman who gained notoriety for attempting a deed theft scam on the mansion of a dentist in Raleigh, North Carolina, has obviously not learned any lessons from her miscreant shenanigans. WRAL reported that Dawn Mangum was arrested and charged with felony last...
A 50-year-old man in California’s Marin County was arrested yesterday for stealing thousands of dollars in jewelry and other items last month from open houses where he pretended to be a real estate agent. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office reported that Joshua...
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