Seller impersonation fraud is no longer a fringe risk concentrated in vacant-land transactions. A new title-industry study shows attempts have become substantially more common, targets are broadening and criminals are increasingly using spoofed communications and...
First American Title is expanding its property-monitoring service beyond customers who close directly with the company, giving participating independent title agents a new way to alert eligible homeowners to suspicious deeds, liens and property listings after closing....
A former Florida attorney who owned a title company has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in a real estate scheme that federal prosecutors say exploited private lenders, mortgage lenders, escrow accounts and title-insurance representations. Michael Saracco,...
A Spanish fugitive real estate fraudster who been on the run since last December was apprehended in the unlikeliest of places: hiding under the kitchen sink in his mother’s apartment. El Pais reports Carlos García Roldán disappeared from Mallorca after being sentenced...
A real estate fraudster being chased by the FBI, an ex-CEO trying to take over his former company, and the upcoming demolition of a historic site in sports betting. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 17-21....
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
