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  • Dunwoody man convicted in $29M scheme used for gambling

    Atlanta Journal Constitution - A former mortgage company president was convicted Friday of racking up more than $29 million in fraudulent investments and using a chunk of the money to feed his gambling habit. Anthony G. Christou, who ran Atlas Mortgage Co., was found guilty by a ...
    2008-02-22 02:55:00

  • A ‘Moral Hazard’ for a Housing Bailout: Sorting the Victims From ...

    New York Times - It would mostly benefit banks and Wall Street firms that earned huge fees by packaging trillions of dollars in risky mortgages, often without documenting the incomes of borrowers and often turning a blind eye to clear fraud by borrowers or mortgage ...
    2008-02-23 11:12:00

  • Uniontown official remaining on board

    Herald-Standard - A local man charged earlier this month with conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud will remain Uniontown's director of accounts and finance while he awaits the outcome of the federal charge. Marlin Sprouts Jr., 52, was charged with a single count of ...
    2008-02-22 08:31:00

  • Warrants reveal more alleged real estate fraud

    Bakersfield Californian - Gary Crabtree, a Bakersfield appraiser who tipped off Wooldridge to the possible cash payment, according to the search warrant, said he has been asked not to comment on any possible mortgage fraud cases because he could potentially serve as a witness ...
    2008-02-22 02:48:00

  • BB&T added to mountain fraud lawsuit

    Charlotte.com - Attorney General's Office has a suit pending against the developers of the project alleging securities and mortgage fraud. When the Penland development failed in May, dozens of investors owed the banks as much as $100 million.
    2008-02-22 10:44:00

  • Investors: Banks aided in $100 million real estate fraud scheme in WNC

    Asheville Citizen-Times - The state Attorney General's Office filed suit against the developers alleging securities and mortgage fraud. Earlier this month, 40-year-old Neil O'Rourke of Apex pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities, mail, wire and bank fraud.
    2008-02-23 07:01:00

  • 3 indicted in central Ohio mortgage fraud scheme

    Cleveland Plain Dealer - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three people accused of participating in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud ring that used dishonest appraisers and brokers to bilk money from more than eight banks have been indicted, prosecutors said. Homes were appraised ...
    2008-02-22 10:54:00

  • Feds set to seize $1 million home (The Sacramento Bee)

    Federal prosecutors are preparing to take away a Folsom man's $1 million home because, they say, he bought it with part of at least $7 million stolen from victims of his investment fraud.
    2008-02-23 12:12:48

  • Business Topics (Sun-Sentinel)

    The United Auto Workers and General Motors have taken a legal step toward shifting billions in retiree health-care costs from the automaker to an independent trust fund.
    2008-02-23 12:18:53

  • Pair face 14 counts in mortgage-fraud case (The Columbus Dispatch)

    After two indictments yesterday, Delaware County authorities said more people could be charged as part of a multimillion dollar mortgage-fraud ring.
    2008-02-23 12:47:13

  • Investors: Banks aided in $100 million real estate fraud scheme in WNC (Asheville Citizen-Times)

    RALEIGH -- Three banks have been added to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit stemming from federal and state investigations into a failed real estate venture in Western North Carolina.
    2008-02-23 06:01:52

  • Latest Alabama News (FOX 6 News Birmingham)

    Here are the latest Alabama headlines from the Associated Press for Saturday, February 23, 2008...
    2008-02-23 08:33:40

  • The £3.5m fraud, the £250,000 flat... and the deputy presiding officer (Sunday Herald)

    Labour MSP helped her crooked son cash in on a lucrative Holyrood flat he bought months after defrauding his employers of £3.7million. Deputy presiding officer Trish Godman purchased her son Gary Mulgrew's Edinburgh apartment for £250,000 in late 2006, after he had been extradited to Texas.
    2008-02-23 03:14:51

  • From the New Deal, a Way Out of a Mess (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

    With so much attention focused on whether the United States is heading for recession, there may a larger threat that is being overlooked.
    2008-02-23 05:40:14

  • Borrowers lose interest in 100pc home loans

    News.com.au - ... which is one of the lenders with the most defaulting homeowners, said it had been told to scrap the loans by its mortgage ... Advice given on this site is general advice and does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs.
    2008-02-22 01:12:00

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