The Office of the US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois has indicted a former director for the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and the owner of a Chicago construction company on charges that they ran a multi-million-dollar kickback scheme. The indictment...
Two men were arrested on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit theft by deception in a scheme tied to a high-value New Jersey real estate transaction. The investigation into the case began last December when the...
A Georgia man was sentenced to four years in prison for scamming real estate investors on a phony Costa Rican property deal and defrauding college football fans seeking tickets for University of Georgia (UGA) games. According to the charges brought against him,...
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) has rolled out ICE Fraud Monitor, a mortgage fraud and property research solution designed to help lenders reduce risk and expedite underwriting. According to the company, the new tool is integrated directly with Encompass,...
Tracy Denise Jones, a former senior vice president at the Atlanta Housing Authority, was sentenced to nine months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for a scheme to fraudulently collect Section 8 housing assistance payments for her own rental property and family...