A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment that charges a Nebraska contractor with defrauding customers for failing to construct buildings after being paid. Bobby Bates Sr. of Grand Island, Nebraska, is the owner of Built Rite Construction....
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit that accused multiple companies and individuals coordinating a scheme to defraud homeowners facing foreclosure. The lawsuit alleged Cameron Jones and his company Gazelle Investors, and Samuel Sutton through his...
A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to a charge of mail fraud connected to a cockamamie scheme that attempted to claim ownership of Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate and sell it in a foreclosure auction. Lisa Jeanine Findley, who was arrested last August, entered her...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has brought new charges against Elchonon “Elie” Schwartz and his New York City-based commercial real estate investment firm Nightingale Properties LLC. Earlier this month, Schwartz pleaded guilty in federal court for...
The head of a New York City commercial real estate investment firm pleaded guilty for coordinating a fraud scheme that siphoned $62.8 million from more than 800 investors. Elchonon “Elie” Schwartz, in his role as the CEO of Nightingale Properties, solicited...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
