An El Paso certified public accountant who assisted real estate businesses in Texas and New Mexico was sentenced to 33 months in prison for wire fraud. According to court documents, Carol Talamantes stole $603,738.96 from her clients between Oct. 20, 2020, and Oct....
A Texas real estate investor behind a $69.5 million fraud scheme pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud. Devin Ward Elder was the founder and CEO of the San Antonio-based investment firm DJE Texas Management Group LLC, which was formed in March...
A Delaware homebuyer has filed a lawsuit in federal court after losing $2.2 million in a real estate closing scam. WBOC reports Johanna Berkowitz was buying a luxury property in Dewey Beach, Delaware, with a closing scheduled for Nov. 21, 2025. Two days before the...
A California real estate broker who owns an escrow business was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging they fraudulently sold a luxury home and obtained a nearly $1 million loan using stolen identities and false documents. According to the charges in this...
Chicago Title Insurance Company has filed a lawsuit this week in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York claiming that it was the victim of an email compromise scheme that resulted in $4.1 million being diverted from a real estate closing in...
UWM Says VantageScore 4.0 Improves Results for 1 in 4 Borrowers
