A Connecticut real estate agent was sentenced in federal court in Boston for his role a multi-year scheme to defraud his clients by engaging in fraudulent short sales of government and bank-owned properties to straw buyers acting at the direction of the defendant....
Philadelphia’s Controller Office has issued a report that determined that fraud within the city’s Homestead Exemption Program, costs the municipal government and schools roughly $11.5 million per year. According to MetroPhiladelphia.com coverage, investigators with...
A Vietnamese appeals court upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in her country’s largest financial fraud case. Lan was the chairwoman of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat when she was formally charged with a $12.5 billion...
Hawaiian residents are being warned against a new wave of real estate investment scams, including one that pretends to include actor Jason Momoa. Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs issued a warning that the scams involve letters that are designed to...
A federal judge rejected a Texas businesswoman’s last-minute attempt to take back her guilty plea to charges that she defrauded investors in a phony real estate scheme and sentenced her to 87 months in prison. Samantha L. Mueting of San Antonio targeted investors with...
Zillow Cuts Its Late-2026 Home Sales Outlook as Rents Accelerate
