Sentences with phrase «estate fraud scheme»
March 31, 2014 • Steve Inskeep talks to Gary Silverman of the Financial Times about a real estate fraud scheme that helped make Bakersfield, Calif., one of the home foreclosure capitals of the country.
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One of Trump's real - estate advisers in the early 2000s, the Russia - born businessman Felix Sater, was accused nearly two decades ago of being a co-conspirator in a $ 40 million fraud and money laundering scheme involving four Mafia families.
The real estate broker, who is also close to former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson, pleaded guilty in October to a $ 50 million mortgage - fraud scheme.
Silver, 71, was charged with honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering stemming from schemes in which he used his leadership position to benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers in exchange for cash.
The charges of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering stemmed from schemes by which he obtained nearly $ 4 million in exchange for using his position to help benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers.
Silver, 70, was indicted on three charges, theft of honest services wire fraud and mail fraud and extortion in the alleged real estate and asbestos cancer schemes.
Mr. Silver, 71, a Manhattan Democrat, was found guilty on Nov. 30 on honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering charges, for schemes through which he obtained nearly $ 4 million in exchange for using his office to help benefit a cancer researcher and two real estate developers.
Amissah - Ocran blames one of his real estate employees, Claire Graham, for tricking him into involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme.
Know existing and emerging risks: Real estate risks and fraudulent schemes evolve as fraudsters seek to avoid fraud prevention measures.
For the first time LAWPRO is seeing a counterfeit bank draft fraud scheme that targets real estate lawyers on mortgage deals.
Additional tips for real estate professionals and consumers for staying safe from fraud schemes are available from NAR and the FTC.
I don't want you to change that professional quality, which is so crucial to success in real estate, but your relationship with clients makes you susceptible to fraud schemes,» he said.
Ralph Roberts, a Warren, Mich. - based real estate broker who has created a Web site to fight mortgage fraud, says the illegal schemes that have grown more complex over the past several years and are seriously hurting the nation's communities.
An Ontario real estate broker faces fraud - related charges after a Ponzi scheme bilked investors and would - be real estate buyers out of more than $ 13...
An Ontario real estate broker faces fraud - related charges after a Ponzi scheme bilked investors and would - be real estate buyers out of more than $ 13 million, say police.
Even as the California real estate market was moving along at top speed in 2007, some industry professionals were tempting fate with fraud schemes.
Be aware, also, that this particular scheme is only one of many forms of online fraud being perpetrated against real estate licensees and their clients.
A former Toronto - area real estate salesperson was sentenced to 15 months in jail recently for his part in a mortgage fraud scheme.