Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Loan and Tax Fraud

Zaki M. Bey, 39, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced to 60 months in prison. Zaki Bey previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit loan and bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

According to co... More...   $0 (09-08-2017 - PA)

Richmond, VA - Former UVA Football Player Convicted of $10 Million Fraud

A federal jury convicted a former University of Virginia football player on August 24, 2017 of his role in a $10 million fraud scheme.

According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Merrill Robertson, Jr., 36, of Chesterfield, started Cavalier Union Investments, LLC, and Black Bull Wealth manage... More...   $0 (09-04-2017 - VA)

1. K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 60-260(b) allows a district court to provide relief from a final
judgment for any of the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise or
excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence; (3) fraud; (4) the judgment is void; (5)
the judgment has been satisfied, released or discharged; or (6) any other reason that
justifies relief.

2. The first... More...   $0 (08-31-2017 - )

In August 2005, Paulo Rezende
took out two loans from Aegis Funding Corporation ("Aegis") to
refinance his mortgage on property in Everett, Massachusetts.
Rezende executed mortgages identifying Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as the mortgagee, "solely as
nominee" for Aegis and its successors and assigns. In June 2010,
MERS assigned one of the mortgag... More...   $0 (08-31-2017 - MA)

When a shopping center tenant defaulted on a secured
loan, the lender took possession of the premises through
foreclosure and transferred its interest to a third party.
Later, the third party surrendered the premises. The
landlord filed this action against the lender to enforce the
lease obligations, including payment of rent for the full lease
term. The trial court granted... More...   $0 (08-30-2017 - CA)

Joseph L. Reed sued his former
employer, Freedom Mortgage Company, under the Illinois
Human Rights Act, alleging race-based discrimination. After
concluding that Reed lacked evidence of racial bias, the district
court granted summary judgment in favor of Freedom Mortgage.
Reed challenges the court’s decisions on evidentiary
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matters as well as the court’s u... More...   $0 (08-27-2017 - IL)

The Orange County Water District (District) was created by the California
Legislature to protect and manage groundwater supplies within its territory, which covers
most of Orange County, California. The District and other regulatory agencies have long
been aware of localized groundwater contamination caused by hazardous substance
releases at various sites in the so-called "South Ba... More...   $0 (08-26-2017 - CA)

Appellant John Nelson challenges the trial court’s judgment awarding title to and possession of certain South Padre Island real property to appellees Carlos Pasol and
Jovita De Pasol (collectively the Pasols). We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Nelson inherited the subject property from his parents along with an $80,000 mortgage balance. He refinanced the mortgage with Wells Fargo in 2001 and th... More...   $0 (08-24-2017 - TX)

This case involves a dispute between siblings, Appellant Caroline H. Martinez (“Caroline”) and Appellee Robert Martinez (“Bob”), over ownership of certain real property. After a bench trial, the trial court entered a judgment in favor of Bob. In five issues, Caroline appeals the trial court’s judgment.
Martinez v. Martinez Page 2
Background
Chon and Elizabeth Martinez, Caroline’s and B... More...   $0 (08-24-2017 - TX)

In this appeal we consider whether two plaintiffs, 86-year-old Frederick Mahan
(Fred) and his 79-year-old wife Martha Mahan (Martha),1 have stated a viable claim
under the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (the Elder Abuse Act or
the Act)2
against Charles W. Chan (Chan), the Charles W. Chan Insurance Agency, Inc.
(the Chan Agency), Omar Kaddoura (Kaddoura), C... More...   $0 (08-23-2017 - CA)

Plaintiff Richard Watkins has
sued Trans Union for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The merits of his claims are not the subject of this appeal. The
issue here is whether attorney John Cento should be disqualified
from representing Watkins. That is because over ten
years ago Cento earned a living defending Trans Union in
hundreds of lawsuits alleging Fair Credit Rep... More...   $0 (08-22-2017 - IN)

Out of the blue, Steven Bivens received a letter from Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (“SPS”), a company with which he had had no prior dealings that purported to be his home loan servicer. Skeptical, Bivens wrote SPS a letter demanding proof of its authority to service his loan. He neglected, though, to mail his letter to the address SPS had designated for receiving such correspondence. When SPS... More...   $0 (08-21-2017 - GA)

This interlocutory appeal arises out of the district court’s denial of Defendant-Appellant Seth Nichamoff’s motion to dismiss based on his assertion of Texas’s attorney immunity. Plaintiff-Appellee Jodie Kelly’s complaint alleges that Nichamoff conspired with two other Defendants to defraud her into purchasing undervalued shares of Legacy Automation, Power & Design, Inc., a Texas company owned by ... More...   $0 (08-18-2017 - TX)

Michael Bond, the husband, appeals two nonfinal orders entered in
December 2016 in the underlying dissolution of marriage proceedings between him and
the wife, Lauren Bond. The first order denies, among other things, the husband's
petition to reinstate visitation, and the second order grants the wife's requests for
temporary child support, alimony, and attorney's fees. We reverse p... More...   $0 (08-16-2017 - FL)

Gabriel Joseph purchased a home for $3.4 million through a company that he
controlled and then sold it to himself five days later for $7 million. Using the
fraudulently inflated value, he received a loan and line of credit from Washington
Mutual (“WaMu”) totaling $5,659,357.88. After Joseph defaulted, WaMu purchased
the property in foreclosure. With an outstanding principal balance... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - UT)

Appellees Gwendolyn Gene Layton (Gwen) and Troylynn Ann Layton, husband and wife, sued appellants Ledford E. White and Ledford E. White, P.C. (White P.C.) (collectively the White Appellants) and appellant M&M Joint Venture
1See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
2
when they were not repaid funds they had provided, at White’s suggestion, to White’s friends. After a jury trial, the trial court render... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - TX)

In its lawsuit against Hulven International, Inc. (Hulven) and various other
defendants, PGA West Residential Association, Inc. (PGA West) alleged defendant
Dempsey Mork1 tried to fraudulently insulate the equity in his condominium from
creditors by naming Hulven, a sham corporation entirely owned and controlled by Mork,
as the beneficiary of a deed of trust and note, and by later ... More...   $0 (08-10-2017 - CA)

Brooklyn, NY - PHH Agrees to Pay Over $74 Million to Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability Arising from Mortgage Lending

PHH Corp. PHH Mortgage Corp. and PHH Home Loans (collectively, PHH) have agreed to pay the United States $74,453,802 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly originating and underwriting mortgage loans insured by the U.S. Departme... More...   $74453802 (08-08-2017 - NY)

The Orange County Water District (District) was created by the California
Legislature to protect and manage groundwater supplies within its territory, which covers
most of Orange County, California. The District and other regulatory agencies have long
been aware of localized groundwater contamination caused by hazardous substance
releases at various sites in the so-called "South Ba... More...   $0 (08-07-2017 - CA)

After living for more than a dozen years in a residential unit he claimed he owned,
Alfonso Ayala was evicted by the property owner, Randy Dawson, in an unlawful
detainer action. Ayala defended by attempting to quash service of summons on the
ground he was not a tenant, but instead held equitable title under an oral installment sale
contract for the purchase of property. Dawson cou... More...   $0 (08-05-2017 - CA)

Kansas City, MO - KC Woman Pleads Guilty to Obstruction of Justice After Forging Court Order for Release

A Kansas City, Mo., woman who forged a court order to get another inmate released from prison, pleaded guilty in federal court on August 2, 2017 to obstruction of justice.

Margie P. Shephard, 51, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S District Judge Roseann Ketchmark t... More...   $0 (08-03-2017 - MO)

This appeal is about one facet of the trial court's division of property upon the dissolution of the marriage of Randy and Margaret. Specifically, the trial court had to determine three potential reimbursement claims regarding real estate which was owned by Randy prior to their marriage. Under the inception of title doctrine it was Randy's separate property. During the marriage both Randy and Marg... More...   $0 (08-01-2017 - TX)

San Francisco, CA - Northern California Real Estate Investor Sentenced to Prison for Rigging Bids at Public Foreclosure Auctions

After being convicted at trial, a Northern California real estate investor was sentenced on July 26, 2017 for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions, the Department of Justice announced.

Alvin Florida Jr. was cha... More...   $0 (07-27-2017 - CA)

Peoria, IL - Decatur Insurance Agent Sentenced for Fraud Scheme, Money Laundering

Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid on July 20, 2017 sentenced James P. Smith, an independent insurance agent, to 63 months in federal prison for defrauding his clients from February 2011 to July 2016. Smith, 61, of the 5400 block of Traughber Road, Decatur, Ill., was also ordered to pay $349,777 in re... More...   $0 (07-24-2017 - IL)

Seattle, WA - Former Bookkeeper Who Embezzled more than $750,000 from Orcas Island Couple Sentenced to Prison - Trusted with Bank Accounts and Credit Cards, she used Couple’s Money for her Personal Expenses for more than Ten Years

A former resident of Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington was sentenced on July 20, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 33 months in prison and three years... More...   $0 (07-24-2017 - WA)