South Florida Condo Developer Facing Lawsuits For Unfinished Projects
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Welcome to The Home Equity Theft Reporter, a blog dedicated to informing the consumer public and the legal profession about Home Equity Theft issues. This blog will consist of information describing the various forms of Home Equity Theft and links to news reports & other informational sources from throughout the country about the victims of Home Equity Theft and what government authorities and others are doing about it.
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For more, see More adult children scam aging parents.
See also, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Growing fear: Elders swindled by family (Hundreds of new allegations pour into Hennepin County every year of seniors losing assets -- most often to loved ones).
For a recent story on a 46 year old New Jersey woman allegedly unlawfully using her 87-year-old mother's I.D. to finance a Mercedes Benz, obtain credit lines, and pass rubber checks in her mother's name, see Woman Indicted For Stealing Over $500,000.
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Reportedly, [the doctor] is no longer part of Springfield Clinic, and now practices medicine in Alaska. For more, see City woman wins malpractice case (Jury awards $548,000 in lawsuit against former local doctor).
Among the allegations in the suit:
For more, see Hastings National Guard member sues estranged wife for spending military pay.
For more, see Suit: Landlord locked house with mom, kids still inside.
For more, see Disbarred Attorney Convicted In Loan Scam.
Other claims against her include the theft of $37,000 in settlement checks from two separate clients, who have both filed civil lawsuits against her. An additional claim comes from another former client who filed a lawsuit against her, claiming that she was hired to review a real estate sale contract and subsequently pocketed the sale proceeds from property he owned, leaving the taxes and an existing mortgage, now in foreclosure, unpaid.
For more, see Toledo attorney admits role in missing funds, says she'll drop law license.
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For more, see Fraud case ruins real estate lawyer, attorney says ('Scrivener' pleads guilty to bank fraud, gets 41 months in federal prison).
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For more, see Coffey faces pointed questions.
Go here for earlier posts on the investigation of Judge Patricia Coffey.
For other posts on some of the alleged knuckleheaded members of our esteemed judiciary, go here and go here. knuckleheaded judges zeta
All three were diagnosed with chemically-induced pneumonia and heart murmurs. One spent several days in the hospital and was out of work for two months. The other two were there for more than a week. Of the two, one returned to work two weeks ago; the other is out indefinitely. For a 10-man department, that one night sidelined almost a third of the Butler police department.
For more, see Special Report: Are Police Prepared To Deal With Meth?
Check the the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) National Clandestine Laboratory Register for (what the DEA admits is) an incomplete and infrequently updated list of possible locations of former neighborhood meth labs that have been reported to the DEA by local and Federal law enforcement authorities.
Go here for some methamphetamine information resources.
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For more, see Was Your Hotel Room A Former Meth Lab?
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For a related post on meth labs and the problems they cause in homes that once housed them, see The Invisible Legacy Left In Homes Used As Meth Labs.
Go here for some methamphetamine information resources.
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Go here for the Property Buyers Association's established PROBAS Code of Practice (go here for pdf version).
For more, see the Florida AG's news release: Hillsborough County Woman Pleads to Criminal Racketeering Involving Mortgage Fraud.
Go here for earlier posts on this prosecution.
For other posts on builders & contractors accused of stiffing customers, go here and go here. contractors stiff subs customers zeta scott almeida
For more, see Rector heads to jail for role in largest area mortgage fraud case.
For more, see FTC Testifies on Efforts to Stop Mortgage Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ Fraud.
For the text of the FTC testimony, see Prepared Statement of the FTC on Foreclosure Rescue Fraud.
To watch the webcast of the Senate hearings, see Foreclosure Aftermath: Preying on Senior Homeowners.
Go here for links to the text of all the testifying witnesses.
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For more, see Homebuilder Under Investigation In South Florida.
Go here for prior posts on James Platts.
For more, see Attorney General Abbott Resolves Legal Action Against Cameron County Colonia Developer (Tierra Linda Gardens developer faces $30,000 in civil penalties for unlawful colonia subdivision).
To view the lawsuit, see State of Texas v. Montemayor.
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For more, see CountryMark sues adviser (Co-op says brokerage bought $10M note backed by mortgages that's now in default).
For more, see How To Find Out If You're Living In a Former Meth Home.
See also, WOWK-TV Channel 13: Family Lived in Former Meth House for 4 Years (The tenant and her daughter, who were living with 29 times the acceptable limits of meth residue, are now homeless).
For a related post on meth labs and the problems they cause in homes that once housed them, see The Invisible Legacy Left In Homes Used As Meth Labs.
Check the the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) National Clandestine Laboratory Register for (what the DEA admits to being) an incomplete list of possible locations of former neighborhood meth labs that have been reported to the DEA by local and Federal law enforcement authorities.
Go here for some methamphetamine information resources.
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For more, see Appraisers coerced to raise valuations.
For more, see Officials told of renters' troubles (Little action foreseen; education suggested).
For posts involving rent / equity skimming landlords who pocket rent and allow homes to go into foreclosure, see Tenants Unwittingly Renting Homes In Foreclosure I , II , III , and IV. equity skimming unwittingly gamma
For more on the details of this and other mortgage fraud investigations in which Ferrara's name came up (including one involving the now-jailed notorious fraudster Matthew B. Cox), see ID theft gins up house loan (The thief gets to keep the home, and the Tampa broker is unscathed - again).
Editor's Note:
According to the story, it was a Florida state prosecutor (as opposed to a Federal prosecutor) that granted Ferrara immunity from prosecution. Unless I'm mistaken, state prosecutors can only grant immunity from prosecution in connection with violations of state criminal statutes (and not Federal criminal statutes - ie. mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, etc.). If so, the FBI may have him on their radar. For Ferrara's sake, I hope I'm wrong.
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The trial is expected to stretch into April. For more, see Broward builders cheated homeowners, prosecutor says.
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For more, see Homebuilder charged with money laundering and mortgage fraud.
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For more, see Man gets 5 years in prison for mortgage fraud (2nd story from the top).
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For more, see Law firms follow money in credit mess (With millions at stake, hundreds assigned to bolster subprime practices).
For more, see Single mom is suing seller of meth house (Home was once drug lab; woman fears for kids' health, might be facing foreclosure).
For a related post on meth labs and the problems they cause in homes that once housed them, see The Invisible Legacy Left In Homes Used As Meth Labs.
Go here for some methamphetamine information resources.
Go here and go here for other posts on home based meth labs.
Check the the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) National Clandestine Laboratory Register for (what the DEA admits to being) an incomplete list of possible locations of former neighborhood meth labs that have been reported to authorities. meth lab zeta
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For more, see Metro Atlanta mortgage fraud ring convicted.
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For more, see More mortgage charges (3 more indicted by federal grand jury in ongoing fraud case).
Go here for other posts related to the Erie, Pa. FBI mortgage fraud probe. Robert Dodsworth Pennsylvania
For more, see the U.S. Attorney news release: Additional Defendants Plead Guilty In "Operation Fastbuck" Mortgage Fraud Scheme.
Go here for the original U.S. Attorney Press Release announcing the original indictment; and go here for the original Indictment.
For more, see Real Estate Advisor Faces 82 New Felony Counts (go here for .pdf version).
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For more, see Lawsuit claims KB Home, Countrywide inflated home prices.
See also, San Francisco Chronicle: A Court Case That Could Be A Sign of the Times (3-21-08).
Go here, Go here and Go here for more on recent Countrywide problems with consumers.
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For more, see Brokerage fee lawsuit is revived.
To view the Federal appeals court decision, see Busby v. JRHBW Realty, Inc. (doing business as Realty South) -
See also, Transaction Fee Scrutiny Creates Uncertainty.
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A recent Baltimore Sun investigation showed that at least 400 homes were lost in a recent three-year period by Baltimore homeowners for debts other than property taxes, and that half were for unpaid municipal charges of $500 or less, many of which included unpaid city water bills.
For more, see Lawmakers propose reforms to state tax-sale regulations (Bills would cap attorney fees, raise debt threshold for action). biddingFor more, see 2 Days, 8 Foreclosure Suits.
For an earlier New Haven Independent article on this story, see WPCA Goes On Foreclosure Binge.
For more, see Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans.
For more, see Papers Show Wachovia Knew of Thefts.
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From: Federal Trust is looking for turnaround.
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For more, see 40-acre new home project in jeopardy in Vero Beach.
For story update, see Lawsuit alleges bank breached its duty, made false promises in Indian River County.
For other posts on builders & contractors accused of stiffing customers & subcontractors, go here and go here. contractors stiff subs customers zeta
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For more, see Fraud suit nears end (Tentative deal with Deutsche Bank likely to stop foreclosure against eastside woman).
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For more, see Fox 11 Investigates: Investment Scam.
Raul Altimarano was also featured on this 11-26-2007 KCBS-TV Channel 2 video report, in which he was caught on camera offering foreclosure rescue services.
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For more, see Attorney General warns of foreclosure scam.
Saee also North Carolina AG's news release: Cooper stops foreclosure rip off (Fresh Start promised homeowners it could stop foreclosure but failed to deliver).
Go here for other posts on Florida-based Mortgage Assistance Solutions and their "Fresh Start" program.