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...
A federal judge ruled that the Bellevue, Washington-based real estate investment firm iCap defrauded hundreds of real estate investors through a Ponzi scheme. The Seattle Times reported Chief Judge Whitman Holt made the finding about iCap in bankruptcy court...
Selling homes with dinosaurs, climate change’s impact on football stadiums and the real estate developer friend from hell. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Oct. 14-18. Hit: Jurassic Property. Kudos to...
A former NFL player who became a real estate developer was indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzling loan proceeds intended for the development and construction of two commercial real estate projects. According to the indictment, Christopher A. Harrison,...