Four people and three companies were indicted for a series of deed theft schemes that resulted in three New York City homeowners having their residences stolen. The schemes occurred between March and July 2023 and impacted homeowners in the Kew Gardens Hills, Queens...
A fraudster whose chicanery was inspired by a “Seinfeld” joke was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to 45 months in prison for wire fraud and ordered to pay $1.3 million in forfeiture. Thomas John Sfraga, also known by the alias TJ Stone, presented himself to...
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...
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