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A Beverly Hills woman faces 25 felony charges after allegedly filing over $568 million in fraudulent property liens against unsuspecting L.A. homeowners.
Attorney Robert P. Tucker II received a 4-6 year prison sentence for a real estate fraud scheme in Buncombe County, North Carolina, involving false documents.
A San Antonio man has pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud after orchestrating a $69.5 million real estate Ponzi scheme that affected 345 investors.
A woman purchasing a home in Dewey Beach, Delaware, has filed a federal lawsuit after losing over $2.2 million to a sophisticated real estate wire fraud scheme.
Two Queens homes valued at over $3 million have been returned to their elderly owners after being stolen by a ring of real estate agents using forged deeds.
A Florida man has been jailed for 18 months after a year-long sting operation dismantled a real estate fraud ring targeting 120 properties in San Luis Obispo County.
Real estate scams targeting vacant land have cost Arizona property owners an estimated $50 million, with out-of-state owners being the most vulnerable targets.
Federal authorities seized nearly $1.2 million in cryptocurrency after an alert Georgia real estate agent reported a sophisticated scam targeting the industry.
Brooklyn real estate investor Sanford Solny has been sentenced to up to seven years in prison for a deed-theft scheme that stole 11 homes from vulnerable owners.
A surge in property scams is targeting vacant land, with criminals using sophisticated methods to illegally transfer titles and sell properties without the real owner's knowledge.
Federal prosecutors charged two real estate executives with defrauding California's Homekey program, alleging millions in homeless housing funds were misused.
Robynne Alexander, 63, a Manchester woman, received a 30-month federal prison sentence for defrauding 24 investors of over $3 million in a real estate scheme, pleading guilty to wire fraud.
