A regional Arizona realtors group has launched a campaign to help protect local homeowners against deed fraud. The Tucson Association of Realtors has rolled out Protect Your Title, which encourages property owners to enroll in Fraud Notify, a free service from the...
Tonya Truitt, a Texas woman accused of deed fraud, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after entering a guilty plea. Fox 44 News reports Truitt’s chicanery was uncovered by the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office in September 2025 after a homeowner reported a land parcel...
The City of Philadelphia is now using a new deed fraud detection technology that can verify if the signatory on the title was alive when property ownership was transferred. The technology involves an automated vital status verification system that compares the names...
A District of Columbia resident was sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for his role a scheme where stolen residential property was used to generate more than $850,000 in fraudulent loans. According to the charges brought against him, Jeffrey M. Young-Bey Young-Bey...
The City of Philadelphia’s Department of Records has jettisoned its longtime paper-based process of reporting deed fraud with a new digital online system. Up until now, Philadelphia residents filing reports of deed fraud had to fill out a paper form by hand either...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
