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  California Foreclosure Rescue Scammer Headed to Jail

  Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and Melinda Haag, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, today announced that on November 26, Walter Bruce Harrell, 72, of Montara, Calif.,...

  • Posted December 5, 2013
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• Ward Indicted for Fraud and Identify Theft in Nationwide Foreclosure Rescue Scam

  Federal authorities have charged a former Los Angeles man with aggravated identity theft and having operated a foreclosure-rescue scam in Southern California and elsewhere that promised to postpone foreclosure sales for more than 800 distressed homeowners. Glen...

  • Posted August 23, 2012
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  The Ultimate Consumer Guide to Checking Out a Debt Relief Company Before You Sign On the Line

  It’s probably a bad idea to start off with a negative but here it is, people in the debt relief industry are going to hate this article. Even friends of mine in the industry will be bummed....

  • Posted August 14, 2012
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• Florida Bar Issues Warning to Lawyers Getting into Mortgage Modification With Non-Lawyers

  A recent article by the Florida Bar seems to also be relevant to those attorneys that are selling mass joinder litigation to go after banks that issued mortgages. The mass joinder sales reps frequently say it is...

  • Posted May 23, 2011
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• I Need The Name of a Credible Loan Modification Company. – Charlotte

  Charlotte “Dear Steve, I want to know how to find a credible loan modification company. Is there a list of fraudulent companies as to the consumer will know who not to do business with? I am having...

  • Posted September 15, 2010
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• Michigan Goes After 19 Foreclosure Rescue Companies

  Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox recently announced the filing of 19 criminal complaints and a total of 69 charges against illegal advanced fee “foreclosure rescue” operations accused of defrauding Michigan families of thousands of dollars. Nine Michigan...

  • Posted August 9, 2010
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• FTC Hits Mortgage Relief and Foreclosure Rescue Scams Hard

  As part of the agency’s continuing crackdown on scams that prey on financially distressed homeowners, the Federal Trade Commission announced legal actions against more than a dozen marketers accused of pitching bogus mortgage modification or foreclosure relief...

  • Posted June 17, 2010
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• Report on Different Types of Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modification Scams

  Here is the latest report out from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network regarding loan modification and foreclosure rescue scams. – Source Early reports of loan modification/foreclosure rescue scams identified subjects purporting to be loan modification or foreclosure...

  • Posted June 17, 2010
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  California Loan Modification and Foreclosure Scam Results in Four Arrested and Five Wanted

  California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that nine men engaged in a Southern California boiler room, tricked out in high-roller style with a roulette wheel and other casino equipment, have been charged with 97...

  • Posted May 20, 2010
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• Foreclosure Rescue Scam Company “Home Savers Consulting Corp” Owner Pleads Guilty

  A Brooklyn man admitted in federal court Tuesday that he and a partner made about $1 million by scamming Bergenfield, Paterson and Elizabeth homeowners in a foreclosure scheme. Garth Celestine, 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit...

  • Posted March 31, 2010
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• Foreclosure Scam Ringleader Faces 49 Years Behind Bars

  The ringleader in a Carlsbad, California-based scam that tricked mostly Spanish-speaking homeowners into paying for a bogus service to stave off foreclosure was convicted of 160 felony counts by a San Diego jury Tuesday, according to the...

  • Posted March 24, 2010
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• Forensic Loan Audits and Foreclosure Rescue Companies are a Scam Says California Attorney General

  Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined the California Department of Real Estate (DRE) and the State Bar of California in warning Californians to avoid forensic loan audits, the loan-modification industry’s latest “phony foreclosure-relief service,” in...

  • Posted February 22, 2010
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• FTC to Ban Upfront Fees for Foreclosure Rescue or Mortgage Modification

  The Federal Trade Commission moved to protect distressed homeowners from the promoters of bogus foreclosure rescue and mortgage modification services by proposing a new rule that would forbid companies to charge up-front for these services. Instead, companies...

  • Posted February 14, 2010
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• Mortgage Rescue Scam Results in Guilty Plea From Lawyer

  In a look into the future when more lawyers are going to find themselves in hot water from current foreclosure avoidance scams, yet another lawyer has been found guilty of running a foreclosure rescue or mortgage rescue...

  • Posted February 11, 2010
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• Core Pac Solutions, the Foreclosure Rescue Company, to Close Doors Momentarily

  So there’s this company, Core Pac Solutions that promised to be a big help if you were facing mortgage trouble. Let us share with you how we can help. For most Americans your most important purchase and...

  • Posted January 5, 2010
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• Maryland AG Stops Foreclosure Rescue Scam to Strip Equity

  Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced that his Consumer Protection Division has won a judgment in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City of nearly $1 million against Rodney Spellen, Mid Atlantic Consulting, Inc., Jemel Lyles, Absoloot Ventures...

  • Posted December 17, 2009
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• North Carolina Stops Foreclosure Scam by US Consumer Solutions and The Lamb Group

  A Kannapolis, North Carolina foreclosure rescue operation is barred from collecting any money from consumers for foreclosure assistance or loan modifications, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Friday. [As you read this remember that US Consumer Solutions and...

  • Posted December 4, 2009
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• Peoples First Financial and FHA All Day in the News Again.

  Several loan modification companies made an appearance in a recent Atlanta Journal Constitution article, ‘Companies Promise Foreclosure Help, Don’t Deliver‘ about the dangers of loan modification or foreclosure rescue companies. Companies are facing both civil and criminal...

  • Posted August 10, 2009
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• I’m Holding On to Our House By Draining the College Fund. – Dave

  “Dear Steve, Much of my compensation is commission based and my clients are in the retail industry. My salary has reduced 25% so I tried to refinance my home, but it is only 2 years old and...

  • Posted July 21, 2009
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• Foreclosure Rescue and Mortgage Modification Help Just Bad Actors in New Clothes

  The New York Times has a great article out about the transformation of subprime mortgage brokers into new entities that promise to sell help for people to get mortgage help. Late last year, he and his team...

  • Posted July 20, 2009
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• New York Attorney General Goes After Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Companies for Screwing Consumers

  Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced his office is taking legal action against a leading New York foreclosure rescue company for charging illegal up-front fees and engaging in consumer fraud. The company targets homeowners facing foreclosure by...

  • Posted June 11, 2009
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