Increasing numbers are committing mortgage fraud
August 22nd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mortgages are commonly known to overwork people minds and this is why people are advised to make sure that they consider their financial capabilities while engaging ... Read more...
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Pakistani charged with 14 criminal counts in Canada
April 2nd, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, April 2(ANI): A Pakistani businessman-turned-politician in Canada has been arrested and charged with 14 criminal counts related to mortgage fraud, credit-card fraud and forged cheques.The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party investigated one ... Read more...
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Bush pardoned fraudster and then became first US president to revoke it
November 24th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Former US president George W. Bush's claim in his autobiography "Decision Points" that he resolved not to pardon anyone who went outside the formal channels, has been exposed as ... Read more...
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Woman gets 15 years for cancer scam
October 30th, 2010 - 1:03 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Towson, Oct 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Baltimore County Circuit Judge called a lady “professional thief” before giving her 15 years for faking cancer. The please of 38-year-old Dina Perouty Leone did not convince ... Read more...
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Woman Who Perpetrated Cancer Scam Gets 15 Years in Prison
October 30th, 2010 - 12:40 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A woman from Maryland who scammed money from her friends and good Samaritans has been sentenced to a fifteen year prison term today by a judge who deemed ... Read more...
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New Wave of ID Theft As Kids’ Social Security Numbers Stolen
August 3rd, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Warnings from the FBI state that a new wave of Identity theft has moved across the United States as thieves are now targeting children’s social security numbers while ... Read more...
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Fresh ID Theft in America Attacks The Social Security Numbers Of Kids
August 3rd, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 3, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): It has now been revealed that the most modern variety of ID theft in America doesn't rely on pilfering your Social Security numbers. Now, robbers ... Read more...
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485 Arrests Made In Mortgage Fraud, FBI Reveals
June 18th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Washington, June 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Thursday, the Department Of Justice declared the launch of an interagency plan to track down all costly mortgage scams all over the nation.Eric ... Read more...
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FBI & Urban Development target 485 mortgage frauds
June 18th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Jun 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States Justice Department has reiterated its efforts to clamp down on mortgage fraud practices in the United States. The Justice Department has announced that ... Read more...
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The American Government Attacks 485 Mortgage Frauds
June 18th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 18, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The American Justice Department on Thursday sounded off about its endeavors to demolish the practice of mortgage fraud. The Department has mentioned that it has ... Read more...
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Indo-Canadian MP faces criminal probe in mortgage fraud
May 14th, 2010 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, May 14 (IANS) Canadian police Thursday launched criminal investigations against Indian Canadian MP Devinder Shory and dozens of others named in the country's biggest mortgage fraud.In its lawsuit filed ... Read more...
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Indo-Canadian MP named in $120 mn bank fraud
May 6th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 6 (IANS) Devinder Shory, Canada's newest MP of Indian origin, has been named in a $120 million mortgage fraud.
Shory, 51, who was elected to the Canadian parliament for the first ... Read more...
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Attorney Title Center’s owner, employee and broker charged in fraud scheme in Florida
April 17th, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – The owner, an employee and the broker of Attorney Title Center, a company based in Pembroke Pines, Florida, were charged for their involvement in a mortgage fraud ... Read more...
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Thriteen individuals indicted for $16.9 million mortgage fraud
April 13th, 2010 - 1:01 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – Thirteen individuals were indicted for a mortgage fraud in Florida, prosecutors said Monday.Greta Medina 26, of Coral Gables, Florida, and other co-conspirators identified eleven properties to be ... Read more...
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Phoenix real estate agent pleads guilty for role in mortgage fraud scheme
March 19th, 2010 - 12:45 am ICT by BNO News
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – A Phoenix, Arizona real estate agent pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony for her role in a mortgage fraud scheme, prosecutors announced on Thursday.Natasha Swallows-Feagins, 31, ... Read more...
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Four Florida residents charged in $6 million mortgage fraud scheme
March 17th, 2010 - 3:39 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) – Four Florida residents were indicted on charges of a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme, prosecutors said Tuesday.Maria L. Lozada, 40, of Miami, Carlos Cano, 53, of Delray Beach, ... Read more...
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Augusta, GA, woman sentenced for mortgage fraud case
March 3rd, 2010 - 4:16 am ICT by BNO News
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA (BNO NEWS) – A woman, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 months and one day in prison for her role in a mortgage fraud, prosecutors announced.Latoya Dawkins, ... Read more...
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Three individuals arrested for New Jersey multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud
February 26th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by BNO News
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – Three individuals were arrested on charges related to a $3 million mortgage fraud scheme in Orange and East Orange, New Jersey, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.Shaheid Bilal, ... Read more...
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Quincy, MA man sentenced for mortgage fraud
February 24th, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by BNO News
BOSTON (BNO NEWS) – A Quincy, Massachusetts man was sentenced on Tuesday to three years and six months in prison for one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, ... Read more...
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Eastchester, NY lawyer indicted for role in multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud
February 18th, 2010 - 3:14 am ICT by BNO News
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – A lawyer who practiced in New York City and Westchester County was indicted on Wednesday for participating in a wide-ranging scheme to commit mortgage fraud, obstruction ... Read more...
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Former Grand Blanc, Michigan broker sentenced for multi-million dollar fraud
February 12th, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by BNO News
DETROIT, MICHIGAN (BNO NEWS) – The former owner of Great lakes Broker Funding in Grand Blanc, Michigan was sentenced to 65 months imprisonment for a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara ... Read more...
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Obama signs laws to help homeowners, prevent fraud
May 21st, 2009 - 5:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (DPA) US President Barack Obama Wednesday signed laws designed to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and to combat mortgage and financial fraud.
The two separate bills, the Helping Families ... Read more...
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US launches new crackdown on mortgage fraud
April 6th, 2009 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (DPA) The US launched a new crackdown Monday on mortgage fraud that may have contributed to the country's worst housing downturn in decades.
The US Justice Department, Treasury and other ... Read more...
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Bollywood promoter in US jailed for mortgage scam (Repeating for all needing)
February 1st, 2009 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) An Indian-American mortgage broker and Bollywood film promoter has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding banks of $33 million and cheating fellow Indian immigrants with ... Read more...
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Bollywood promoter in US jailed for seven years for mortgage scam
January 31st, 2009 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) An Indian-American mortgage broker and Bollywood film promoter has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding banks of $33 million and cheating fellow immigrants from Indian ... Read more...
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Bollywood impresario gets 7 yrs in prison for mortgage scam
January 31st, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 31 (ANI): A Bollywood film impresario has been sentenced to seven years in prison for mortgage scam.
Vijay K. Taneja, 48-year-old Fairfax County mortgage broker, was sentenced in federal court ... Read more...
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Bush changes mind, pulls back pardon order for Brooklyn scam-tainted developer
December 25th, 2008 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): President George W Bush changed his mind on Christmas Eve, pulling back a pardon he had extended a day earlier to a Brooklyn developer at the center ... Read more...
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Its easy to steal the Empire State Building in 90 minutes!
December 3rd, 2008 - 6:55 pm ICT by ANI
New York, December 3 (ANI): In less than 90 minutes, the 2-billion dollar Empire State Building was stolen with the help of fake documents, notary stamp and transfer property deed.According to ... Read more...
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Indian American pleads guilty to $33 mn mortgage fraud
November 14th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 14 (IANS) Indian American Vijay K. Taneja, popular in the community for his mega Bollywood shows in the US, has pleaded guilty to a massive $33 million mortgage fraud, ... Read more...
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Careless Facebook generation risking data breaches
October 29th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 29 (ANI): Facebook generation is too careless with technology and personal information held on databases, says a British Information watchdog.Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, said that with more and ... Read more...
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Serious security flaws riddle online banking: NRI scientist
July 23rd, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 23 (IANS) More than 75 percent of bank websites were flawed and could expose customers to cyber thieves eyeing their money or their identity, according to a survey by University ... Read more...
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Bear Stearns executives among 400 charged with mortgage fraud
June 20th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
New York/Washington, June 20 (DPA) More than 400 people have been charged with mortgage fraud across the US since March, while two former hedge fund managers of crippled financial firm Bear Stearns ... Read more...
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