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The Yazoo land scandal, Yazoo fraud, Yazoo land fraud, or Yazoo land controversy was a massive real-estate fraud perpetrated, in the mid-1790s, by Georgia governor George Mathews [1] and the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia politicians sold large tracts of territory in the Yazoo lands, in what are now portions of the present-day states of ...
During his trial, prosecutors identified Hill as the ringleader in three interlocking mortgage fraud schemes built on metro-Atlanta real estate sales that, between 2001 and 2003, bilked lenders out of more than $40 million. According to the evidence at trial, Hill was the owner and operator of "We Build Atlanta, Inc.,"
Matthew Cox. 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 Cox, also a true crime author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled The Associates in which the main character traveled the country to perpetrate a mortgage fraud scheme similar to the one Cox ran.
It was a fraudulent real estate scheme. ... said David Fleck, a real estate fraud attorney in Los Angeles. ... Some states, like Georgia, have an opt-in text alert program that will notify you if ...
A group accused of a real estate fraud scheme conspired to steal at least 10 homeowners’ identities and sold their properties “out from under them” without permission, federal officials said.
Real estate fraud is more common than you might think. According to the FBI, 9,521 people were victims of real estate cybercrimes in 2023. Discover More: 8 Places Where Houses Are Suddenly Major...
Chrisley Knows Best is an American reality television series that aired on the USA Network from March 11, 2014 to March 27, 2023. [1] It revolves around the lives of real estate tycoon Todd Chrisley and his wealthy family. [2][3][4] The show was filmed in Roswell and Alpharetta, suburbs of Atlanta, [2] before moving primarily to Nashville ...
The most obvious red flag with land scams is hardly unique to real estate fraud. “If the price seems too good to be true, it likely is,” said McGuire. “Scammers often entice buyers with ...