Huntington Beach Woman Arrested for Possible link to 'Foreclosure Rescue' Scam

Brandy Taylor, 55, of Huntington Beach. A Huntington Beach woman was arrested Wednesday in connection with a scheme where money was taken to fraudulently halt home foreclosures. Police said that 55-year-old Brandy Taylor was arrested at her Huntington Beach home after a...

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Falsely Advertised Mortgage Assistance Sentenced to Prison

Owner of California Company that Falsely Advertised Mortgage Assistance Sentenced to Prison Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN VESCERA, 60, of Dana Point, Calif., was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge...

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Irvine man sentenced in $31 million mortgage scam conspiracy case

Dionysius Fiumano also was ordered to pay $11.9 million in forfeiture and restitution by U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan, who presided over a spring trial. An Irvine man convicted of conspiring to defraud more than 30,000 Americans out of about $31 million was sentenced...

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14 Years in Prison for Nationwide Foreclosure Rescue Scam

Final Defendant Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Nationwide Foreclosure Rescue Scam Over $90 Million in Fraudulent Loans and Hundreds of Homes Stolen from Homeowners SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, Domonic McCarns, 41, of Irvine, was...

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Two O.C. men get prison terms for loan modification fraud scheme

SANTA ANA -- Two Orange County men were sentenced Thursday to more than four years in a Connecticut federal prison for their part in a loan modification scheme that bilked about 1,000 victims out of about $3 million. Serj Geutssoyan, 34, of Santa Ana, was sentenced...

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Authorities say two phony lawyers set up an office in Coral Springs, Florida

Broward County, Florida Sheriff Authorities say two phony lawyers set up an office in Coral Springs and drew in more than 300 trusting homeowners on the brink of losing their homes to foreclosure. Joseph Anton Hilton, 56, and Adam Forman, 46, owned The Asset Protection...

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Foreclosure Rescue Scam That Targeted Spanish-Speaking Community

Roseville Resident Sentenced for Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Scam That Targeted Spanish-Speaking Community SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ligia Sandoval Spafford (Sandoval), 48, of Roseville, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years...

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