Oct 14th 2011 7:00PM
Seventeen-year-old Scottsdale, Ariz., resident Caitlin "Caitie" Hemmerle is up to her eyeballs in debt, including owing $600,000 in mortgage loans and another $100,000 in car loans and credit cards. How did this happen? Easy. Caitie is a victim of child identity theft, a practice that is growing for one simple reason:... Continue Reading »
Oct 7th 2011 4:40PM
Lori Macakanja, a former housing counselor in Dunkirk, N.Y., pleaded guilty this week to mail fraud and theft of government money meant for modifying delinquent mortgages. Some 136 clients of her company, HomeFront Inc., gave Macakanja a combined $300,000 for promised modifications. She used the money for her own use,... Continue Reading »
Oct 5th 2011 8:30AM
ATLANTA -- A whistleblower lawsuit launched in 2006 and unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta claims several large banks and mortgage companies defrauded military veterans and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in a "brazen scheme" to hide illegal fees. The lawsuit, brought under the Federal Claims... Continue Reading »
Sep 26th 2011 10:10AM
From the looks of the mortgage relief companies Christopher Mallett has marketed in recent years, offering lower payments and new loan terms to troubled homeowners, one might easily get the impression that he has the backing of the federal government or is running non-profit help groups. Mallett is the driving force... Continue Reading »
Sep 14th 2011 5:30PM
The Labor Department ordered Bank of America to reinstate and pay $930,000 to a employee, who was fired after reporting instances of possible fraud among Countrywide Financial Corp. employees. The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration division in San Francisco launched an investigation after a... Continue Reading »
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