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  • Uniontown official charged in mortgage fraud scheme - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

    Uniontown official charged in mortgage fraud schemePittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 2 hours agoBy Richard Gazarik A Uniontown councilman involved in a mortage fraud scheme deposited more than $1.5 million in loans and lines of credit into his personal ...
    2008-02-04 09:10:59
  • Fed survey: more banks tightening standards for prime borrowers - North County Times

    Fed survey: more banks tightening standards for prime borrowersNorth County Times, CA - 2 hours agoMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Leery about the potential for fraud in the emerging carbon offset market, officials in 10 states have asked the Federal Trade ...
    2008-02-04 09:25:23
  • 24 indicted as mortgage fraud probe widens - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

    24 indicted as mortgage fraud probe widensPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 2 hours agoWilliam Edgar, owner of America's Mortgage Outlet, was recently sentenced to 37 months in prison for mortgage fraud, the US attorney said. ...
    2008-02-04 09:25:28
  • Charges against official detailed - Uniontown Herald Standard

    Charges against official detailedUniontown Herald Standard, PA - 2 hours agoUS Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan also charged James Andrew Spike, 43, of 184 Republic Road, Republic with conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud in connection ...
    2008-02-04 09:28:27
  • THE PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE UNION - NewsWithViews.com

    THE PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE UNIONNewsWithViews.com, OR - 1 hour agoThe result is a mortgage meltdown as more and more homes go into foreclosure; as the money to buy those expensive new cars, toys, even the necessities of ...
    2008-02-04 10:00:17
  • Mortgage-fraud probe grows - Pioneer Press

    Mortgage-fraud probe growsPioneer Press, MN - 1 hour ago... paperwork on some 80 closings done at title companies in Shoreview and Burnsville in an alleged mortgage-fraud ring that they say just keeps growing. ...
    2008-02-04 10:05:42
  • The illusion of choice in US elections: Does it herald the ... - Online Journal

    The illusion of choice in US elections: Does it herald the ...Online Journal, FL - 1 hour ago... $9 trillion in government debt (which means our children will have to pay for it), a multi-trillion dollar mortgage debacle involving large scale fraud, ...
    2008-02-04 10:10:34
  • Hometown ceo likes what he sees in Lennar - St. Petersburg Times

    Hometown ceo likes what he sees in LennarSt. Petersburg Times, FL - 55 minutes agoPearlman, in jail awaiting trial on federal bank fraud charges, never lived in the condo and hasn't been paying his $926 monthly maintenance and dock fees. ...
    2008-02-04 10:44:23
  • Foolish Fed's Rate Cut - Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)

    Foolish Fed's Rate CutExecutive Intelligence Review (EIR), VA - 42 minutes agoSociété Générale officials say they discovered the fraud on Jan. 18, and completed their investigation Jan. 20. That is, they discovered it on a Friday, ...
    2008-02-04 10:57:55
  • Mortgage broker involved in Cunningham scandal pleads guilty - North County Times

    Mortgage broker involved in Cunningham scandal pleads guiltyNorth County Times, CA - 27 minutes ago... Michael's attorney presented prosecutors and the judge with allegations and evidence that Kontogiannis had continued running an unrelated mortgage fraud ...
    2008-02-04 11:12:24
  • From Times Online - Times Online

    From Times OnlineTimes Online, UK - 11 minutes agoThe Guardian: Revenue and Customs is failing to repair the tax credits system, with fraud and error continuing to lose the taxpayer £1 billion a year, ...
    2008-02-04 11:29:11
  • Charges against official detailed (The Uniontown Herald Standard)

    PITTSBURGH - The specific details surrounding federal charges against Uniontown's director of accounts and finance were revealed Monday after a court-ordered seal on the indictment was lifted.
    2008-02-04 09:03:01
  • Video: Task force will delve into mortgage fraud (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

    U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan yesterday announced the formation of a local, state and federal joint task force to delve into what she said are scores of cases of mortgage fraud.
    2008-02-04 09:24:45
  • Mortgage fraud targeted by task force (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

    According to U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan, at least 50 investigations are in the works.
    2008-02-04 09:45:56
  • Mortgage-fraud probe grows (Pioneer Press)

    It all started in 2006 when a Plymouth man called police after finding a mortgage notice in his mailbox, addressed to him, for a house he'd never heard of. Three arrests later, investigators now are sifting through the paperwork on some 80 closings done at title companies in Shoreview and Burnsville in an alleged mortgage-fraud ring that they say just keeps growing.
    2008-02-04 10:13:39