After a bank foreclosed on their house, Anthony and Erin
Facione filed a quiet-title and wrongful-foreclosure action, claiming irregularities in the
foreclosure proceedings. The district court dismissed their complaint, holding that the Faciones
had no legitimate grounds to challenge the foreclosure and had not pleaded the elements of a
quiet-title claim. We affirm.
On August 1... More...   $0 (10-13-2015 - MI)

Sheri Rosenbaum was part of a fraudulent scheme to
obtain mortgage loans by making misrepresentations on loan applications and submitting
fraudulent documents to banks. In addition, she submitted fraudulent credit card applications in
her son’s name and used those cards to rack up thousands of dollars in debt. Rosenbaum was
subsequently convicted on four counts of bank fraud and on... More...   $0 (10-13-2015 - MI)

Bryana Bible stopped paying her student loan but later  agreed to a rehabilitation program, governed by 34 C.F.R.  §682.405, under which she paid $50 a month (not enough to cover even half of the monthly interest) in anticipation that  she would eventually resume making full payments, after  which the note would be sold to a new private lender. When  signing the rehabilitation contract, Bible prom... More...   $0 (10-11-2015 - ID)

Husband and Wife Indicted for Income Tax Evasion and Bankruptcy Fraud.
DENVER – Daryl F. Yurek, age 60, and Wendy M. Yurek, age of 60, both of Littleton, Colorado were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Denver on October 7, 2015 for income tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud. The Yureks, husband and wife, had their initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Tafoya. The Yureks were ... More...   $0 (10-10-2015 - CO)

Rogelio Villa a/k/a Jose Lopez (Father) appeals the trial court’s order in this suit affecting
the parent-child relationship. In two issues, Father contends the trial court abused its discretion
by naming the children’s mother, Bertha Ramirez, sole managing conservator of the children and
by finding he was voluntarily underemployed and basing his child support obligation on a
findi... More...   $0 (10-06-2015 - TX)

Los Angeles, CA - Whittier Woman Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison for Having Duped 400 Victim Homeowners – Many Spanish Speakers – of Nearly $4 Million with False Promises of Eliminating Their Mortgages

A Whittier woman was sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for her lead role in a scheme that falsely promised to eliminate mortgage debts for approximately 400 distressed homeowners ... More...   $0 (10-06-2015 - CA)

New York, NY - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $85 Million Settlement With
Fifth Third Bancorp Over Failures To Self-Report Defective Mortgage Loans To FHA

Bank Made Voluntary Disclosure of Self-Reporting Failures, Admitted Violations,
The United States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today an $85 million settlement with FIFTH THIRD BANCORP and... More...   $85000000 (10-06-2015 - NY)

On July 9, 2009, Mary Jane Muraida (Mary) and Standard entered into a consumer credit transaction for an adjustable rate home equity conversion mortgage, also known as a reverse mortgage, along with an adjustable rate note with Marquette National Bank.2 The note was secured by a condominium located at 10420 South Circle Drive, Unit 21B, Oak Lawn, Illinois, which was the property held in Trust No. ... More...   $0 (10-03-2015 - IL)

New Haven, CT - Stamford Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Role in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Christopher Brecciano, 37, of Stamford, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 14 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to defraud financial institutions through an extensive mortgage fraud scheme that involved d... More...   $0 (10-02-2015 - CT)

Denver, CO - Lone Tree businessman sentenced for conspiracy involving false statements to SBA and false income tax returns

Hemal Ramesh Jhaveri, the owner and former CEO of SofTec Solutions Inc. of Englewood, Colorado, was sentenced in federal court in Denver earlier this week to six months in prison. Jhaveri pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiring to commit the crimes of making f... More...   $0 (10-02-2015 - CO)

Bridgeport, CT - Lynwood Patrick, Jr., 40, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which PATRICK must serve in home confinement, for submitting a fraudulent application for a personal mortgage modification.

According to court documents and statements made in court, from approximately O... More...   $0 (10-01-2015 - CT)

Tampa, FL - Sarasota Man Pleads Guilty To Making False Statements In Mortgage Loan Applications

Randy Platfoot (54, Clearwater) today pleaded guilty to making false statements in mortgage loan applications. He faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. His sentencing is scheduled for December 18, 2015.

According to court documents, between September 2005 and April 200... More...   $0 (10-01-2015 - FL)

After a trial by jury, Nivis Martin was convicted of multiple counts of bank and wire fraud, sentenced to a prison term of 46 months, and ordered to pay $963,400.47 in restitution. On appeal, Martin challenges her convictions,
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contending that the district court erred in denying her motion for judgment of acquittal on all counts beca... More...   $0 (09-30-2015 - FL)

On June 19, 2014, this Court—confronted by a question of first impression
under Alabama law, and cognizant of the deference due state courts in our
federalist system of dual sovereignty—certified the following question to the
Alabama Supreme Court:
Is an attorney whom an insurance company hires as an attorney
agent providing a “legal service” within the meaning of Ala. Code
... More...   $0 (09-29-2015 - )

This decision consolidates three cases accepted by this Court for
discretionary review pursuant to CR 65.09. By way of motions for interlocutory
relief under CR 65.09, Extendicare Homes, Inc. d/b/ / Shady Lawn Nursing
Home ("Extendicare"), and its affiliated entities,' and Kindred Nursing Centers
Limited Partnership d/b/a Winchester Centre For Health and Rehabilitation
n/k... More...   $0 (09-28-2015 - KY)

At the start of 2012, LifeCare Holdings, Inc. (“LifeCare”),1 once a leading operator of long-term acute care hospitals, was struggling financially. Management blamed its condition on Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of three of the company’s facilities and growth-stunting federal regulations that followed the 2005 natural disaster. Because of the weight of its debt load ($484 million, of which ap... More...   $0 (09-27-2015 - DE)

The dispute in the present case has a long and circuitous history, which began more than one decade ago when the plaintiff, Landmark InvestmentGroup,LLC(Landmark),acommercialrealestate developer, entered into a contract to purchase an environmentally contaminated property in the town of Plainville (town) with the hopes of remediating and developingitforcommercialuse.Theselleroftheproperty, Chung F... More...   $0 (09-26-2015 - CT)

On October 19, 2005, SkyBank recorded a mortgage in the amount of $310,500 on the Woods family home. Subsequently, SkyBank merged into Huntington National Bank, so in this opinion we will refer to the pre-merger actions of SkyBank as done by Huntington. On July 11, 2013, Car-X obtained a judgment against the Woods for $200,359 and recorded a notice of judgment lien against the property on Septemb... More...   $0 (09-26-2015 - IN)

Appellant Sandeep Nanda filed a breach of contract action against appellee Corey Huinker in relation to Nanda’s purported agreement to purchase real property from
1 Pursuant to a docket-equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas, this appeal has been transferred to this Court from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West, Westlaw through... More...   $0 (09-25-2015 - TX)

This is an appeal from a dispute between appellant, The Note Investment Group, Inc. (“TNIG”), and appellee, Associates First Capital Corp., successor by merger to Associates Financial Services Company, Inc. (“Associates”), regarding the sale by TNIG of partial interests in certain seller-financed notes and contracts for deed to Associates. In three points of error, TNIG contends that the trial cou... More...   $0 (09-24-2015 - TX)

Stillwater, OK - The First United Methodist Church of Stillwater, Inc. sued Dana Sue Eckhart claiming:

PLAINTIFF, The First United Methodist Church of Stiliwater, Oklahoma, Inc. for its cause of action against the Defendant, Dana Eckhart, alleges and states as follows:
That at all relevant times herein mentioned, Plaintiff, The First United Methodist Church of Stillwater, Oklahoma, In... More...   $55000 (09-23-2015 - OK)

On November 27, 2006, Kenneth Ingram3 executed a promissory note (the note) in favor
of Loancity in the amount of $212,500 in order to finance the purchase of property located at 6
Young Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island (the property). Contemporaneously, plaintiffs
executed a mortgage (the mortgage) on the property to secure the note. The mortgage identified
plaintiffs as “... More...   $0 (09-21-2015 - RI)

Sacramento, CA - Defendant Sentenced In Case Involving Unregistered Securities

Ken Sarna, 50, of Vallejo, was sentenced by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years and six months in prison for one count of selling unregistered securities, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

According to court documents, Sarna was the Director of Operations for Hea... More...   $0 (09-20-2015 - CA)

This  appeal  has  a  long history  that,  as  mentioned  above, 5  
includes three lawsuits. While much of that background is described 6  
here, a more detailed history can be found in the district court’s 7  
prior opinions in those cases. See Citizens Against Casino Gambling in 8  
Erie Cty. v. Kempthorne, 471 F. Supp. 2d 295 (“CACGEC I”), amended 9  
on reconsideration by ... More...   $0 (09-18-2015 - NY)

In  addition  to  reconstruction  costs,  WTCP  and  7WTCo.  also  seek 2  
consequential damages. The district court heard testimony about the proper way to allocate the 8  
insurance recoveries between the different types of insurance claims Plaintiffs 9  
submitted, and heard the opinions of two economists — Professor Steven Shavell 10  
for  the  Plaintiffs  and  Professor  D... More...   $0 (09-18-2015 - NY)