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.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Home Equity Thefts By Naughty Children Not Limited To U.S.: Son 'Shanghais' $250K Loan Proceeds Using Forged Docs Pledging Unwitting Parents' Home As Collateral; Gets 10+ Years In Chinese Prison
A MAN who used forged documents to secure a 1.6 million yuan (US$250,000) mortgage against his parents’ home has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison, Jing’an District People’s Court said [].
The 33-year-old defendant, identified only by his surname Li, was found guilty of contract fraud after employing a forger to replicate a title deed and other documents.
The counterfeiter, surnamed Fu, was given a 10-month prison sentence for his part in the crime, while Li’s girlfriend, surnamed Tao, was jailed for three years for aiding and abetting after posing as the defendant’s wife during the loan application process.
Prosecutors said in court that Li was a gambling addict who turned to crime after running up debts of more than 2 million yuan. The court did not say which company extended the loan, but said the fraud came to light in January of this year when officials from the lender noticed the repayments were not being met, and contacted the defendant’s father.
The father was unaware of the crime, but pointed police in the direction of his son who was living in Chongming County.
Li was detained soon after, while Tao surrendered herself to the police in April and provided information that led to Fu’s arrest.
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Land Contract/Contract For Deed/Rent-To-Own Rackets
The New York Times: The Housing Trap (In the wake of the housing crisis, low-income families have turned to seller financing to buy homes but these deals can be a money trap)
Beware The Fine Print: Consumers Forced To Sign Away Their Rights To Use Court System
The NY Times: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice(Part 1 in series examining how clauses buried in tens of millions of contracts have deprived Americans of one of their most fundamental constitutional rights: their day in court)
Foreclosure Mills' Abysmal Record In Complying With New NYS Foreclosure Requirements
Justice Deceived: How Large Foreclosure Firms Subvert State Regulations Protecting Homeowners
MFY Legal Services Report On Questionable Practices By Process Servers In Debt Collection Cases
Justice Disserved: A Preliminary Analysis of the Exceptionally
Low Appearance Rate by Defendants in Lawsuits Filed in the Civil Court of the City of New York
Mortgage Mess Redux: Robo-Signers Return (A Reuters investigation finds that many banks are still employing the controversial foreclosure practices that sparked a major outcry last year)
CNN Video: As Foreclosures Mount, Florida Court Turns To 'Rocket Docket'
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ABC Video: Fighting Against Foreclosure (Some homeowners have found a new tactic to keep the banks at bay)
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