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In some cases, the dishonest lawyer is merely part of a larger fraudulent scheme. [36] A real estate fraud may involve taking deposits for a project under construction where, [37] in theory, the lawyer is holding the money in escrow, guarding down payments as trust fund assets until a real estate deal closes. [38]
The Bell scandal involved the misappropriation of public funds in Bell, California, United States, over a period of several years in the late 2000s.In July 2010, the Los Angeles Times published an investigative article on possible malfeasance in the neighboring city of Maywood, revealing that the city officials of Bell received salaries that were reported as the highest in the nation. [1]
Mortgage fraud by borrowers from US Department of the Treasury [7]. Mortgage fraud may be perpetrated by one or more participants in a loan transaction, including the borrower; a loan officer who originates the mortgage; a real estate agent, appraiser, a title or escrow representative or attorney; or by multiple parties as in the example of the fraud ring described above.
In another case, Hill diverted construction money for personal use. But one of the strangest accounts came from an investor who had poured $250,000 into a property he wanted Hill to remodel.
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Estate of Heggstad, 16 Cal. App. 4th 943 is a legal case heard by the California Court of Appeal concerning the probate the estate of Halvard L. Heggstad and mislabeling of property within a trust. Background
By Barry Paperno Last week, the California legislature passed the Homeowner Bill of Rights, a series of bills enacted to protect California homeowners during the mortgage modification and ...
Matthew Bevan "Matt" Cox (born July 2, 1969) is an American former mortgage broker and admitted mortgage fraudster and con man. Cox, also a true crime author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled The Associates in which the main character traveled the country to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme similar to the one Cox ran.