A former Florida real estate agent was sentenced to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to traffic firearms, making a materially false statement to a licensed firearms dealer, and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including 500 grams or more of...
An ex-director for a homeownership nonprofit and a former official in Michigan’s Wayne County who hatched a scheme to steal residential properties facing tax foreclosure were sentenced to prison. According to the court records, Zina Thomas, formerly employed as the...
Nathaniel Anderson, a town councilman and the former Mayor of Willingboro in Burlington County, New Jersey, was sentenced to 12 months and a one day in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release for committing mortgage fraud in connection with a...
Four real estate investors were sentenced for coordinating a multi-year conspiracy that fraudulently obtained multimillion-dollar loans on commercial and multifamily properties. Aron Puretz and his son, Chaim “Eli” Puretz, both of New Jersey, were sentenced to prison...
Jonathan Lamore, a former CEO of the real estate investment and management firm Arciterra Companies LLC, was sentenced to five years in prison for manipulating the stock price of WeWork Inc. with a fake tender offer designed to fraudulently inflate the value of his...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
