A pair of former financial services specialists in Virginia were sentenced for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud impacting financial institutions relating to their unlawful use of client information to obtain loans. According to court documents, Roberta Leigh...
A Beverly Hills mansion that nobody wants, a push to end property taxes in Georgia, and Indiana goes Bears hunting. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Jan. 26-30. Miss: A Bigger Flop Than “Gigli”: The former...
Sometimes, it doesn’t pay to dream big. Case in point: a fraudster was caught attempting to sell a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home on Zillow. The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, which maintains the legacy of the iconic architect, reported that a Jan. 15...
A pastor in Chattanooga, Tennessee, who runs a real estate investment coaching business was sentenced to 30 months for coordinating a $1.8 million Covid-19 employment fraud scam that included a real estate firm he owned. Ricky Lee Taylor Jr., a former University of...
A Fort Worth business owner who received nearly $5 million from local customers for unfinished custom home building and remodeling projects pled guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy charge. According to the charges, Christopher Judge and his wife, Raquelle Judge, were...
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Posts $327 Million Loss, Cuts Dividend 36% as Off…
