Sunday, January 27, 2008

Vegas-Area Cops Going Undercover To Nail Fraudsters

In Las Vegas, Nevada, KLAS-TV Channel 8 reports:
  • As the number of home foreclosures in the valley increases, so do the number of people getting ripped off by fraudulent companies. But Thursday, Metro Fraud investigators gave new details about their plans to crackdown on companies preying on people trying to save their homes.

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  • Metro Investigators [...] are sending a warning -- fraud investigators are going undercover to crackdown and protect people from this ballooning white collar-crime.
    "We've already got it set up to apply for mortgages. We are looking to go after those committing fraud and victimizing our citizens. They can expect to see us and the FBI taking them away in handcuffs," said [Metro Fraud Lt. Bob Sebby].
For more, see Metro Warns of Growing Real Estate Fraud.