Friday, August 19, 2011

Another Florida-Based Loan Modification Outfit Tagged With Civil Suit; Allegations Point To A Foreclosure Relief Scam Operation, Says Ohio AG

In Cincinnati, Ohio, Courthouse News Service reports:
  • The Ohio attorney general says a Florida-based outfit called the American Residential Law Group is bilking Ohioans in a foreclosure-relief scam. Despite its name, nothing in the state's complaint indicates that the two men who run the business are lawyers.


  • Ohio sued the Fort Lauderdale-based business and the two men who run it, Oscar Estevez and Joel Jacobi, both of Miami. The attorney general says the men charge $1,395 to $3,350 for their purported services in "debt adjustment," but "often failed to perform the services listed in the contract."

For more, see State Sues to Stop Foreclosure Scam.

For the Ohio AG lawsuit, see State of Ohio v. American Residential Law Group, Inc. et al.