A Virginia man pleaded guilty to real estate and tax fraud for his role in a scheme to obtain title to a $1.3 million home in Roanoke County. According to the charges brought against him, Herman Estes filed a false amended income tax return for 2021 claiming he was...
A prison inmate serving time for running a Ponzi scheme has been charged with managing a $10 million nationwide real estate fraud scheme while he was incarcerated. According to court documents, Seth Adam Depiano of Clovis, California, was sentenced in 2018 to more...
Texas resident Mayela Saby Cantu has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that involved falsified lien payoff statements, fraudulent warranty deeds and deceptive emails to mislead lenders, title companies and property buyers. According to the...
A California man at the center of a real estate scam that raised $13.8 million by falsely promising investors returns of up to 10% was sentenced to 15 years and one month in prison. The Orange County Register reported Brett Barber, who was a co-owner of Newport...
A real estate broker in the Bronx, New York, has been arrested for allegedly coordinating investment scams and the deed theft of a client’s home. Marcia Campbell, who operated Extreme Realty, was accused of conducting three different real estate investment scams: one...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
