Five defendants were indicted by a New York City grand jury and variously charged with mortgage fraud, identity theft, forgery and other crimes for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain a “cash-out” mortgage on home in the Flushing section of Queens that they...
The former owner of a popular wedding venue in Monroe, North Carolina has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for defrauding customers and investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to court documents, Jason Lottman orchestrated a scheme to fraudulently...
A former Florida-based appraiser with a revoked license was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for operating a bank fraud scheme. According to court documents, Armando Martinez took over the identity and license number of a legitimate licensed appraiser and then...
An ex-director for a homeownership nonprofit and a former official in Michigan’s Wayne County who hatched a scheme to steal residential properties facing tax foreclosure were sentenced to prison. According to the court records, Zina Thomas, formerly employed as the...
A New York man who used deed theft to take over two Harlem brownstones with a combined value of $4.7 million was convicted after a seven-week trial. Joseph Makhani was found guilty of two counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the First Degree and one...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
