The background of this case is lengthy and somewhat complicated. On June
7, 2004, Defendant Helene Hines conveyed real property located at 302 S. Ocean
Drive, South Bethany, Delaware (hereinafter “the Property”), to Villa Oceana,
LLC.4 Thereafter, by deed dated February 25, 2005, Villa Oceana, LLC conveyed
the Property to Defendants Jeffrey Hines and Helene Hines as tenants ... More...   $0 (09-18-2015 - DE)

Dallas, TX - Dallas Securities Broker Admits Fraud

Defendant Defrauded Individuals with Whom He Had Longstanding Business and Personal Relationships

Wade Lawrence, 43, of Dallas, a securities broker, appeared this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to a felony Information charging one count of securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Park... More...   $0 (09-15-2015 - TX)

Mr. Hibsman’s father, John H. Hibsman, Jr., died testate on June 22, 2008. The will divided his estate, which consisted primarily of two houses, located in Casper, Wyoming, as well as some personal property and stocks, equally amonghis four children. In December 2008, the will was admitted to probate and, consistent with the will, Mr. Hibsman was appointed personal representative of his father’s ... More...   $0 (09-15-2015 - WY)

Springfield, MO - Man Pleads Guilty to $1.1 Million Investment Fraud Scheme

A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty to a more than $1.1 million investment fraud scheme.

Christopher Hanson, 53, of Springfield, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to a two-count information that charges him with wire fraud and money launderi... More...   $0 (09-14-2015 - MO)

Non-party Carlyle Capital Corporation, Ltd. (“CCC”) was a limited company
organized under the laws of the Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands in August 2006
The facts are drawn from the allegations in the plaintiffs‟ First Amended Verified Complaint (the “Complaint”), which are assumed true for purposes of the defendants‟ motion to dismiss, as well as documents integral to th... More...   $0 (09-14-2015 - DE)

On August 31, 2010, investors in Central Sleep filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against the company; Kenneth Dachman, its promoter; Dachman’s wife, Katherine Lynn Dachman; and several others. The suit asserted claims for fraud, RICO violations, conversion, fraudulent conveyance, civil conspiracy, and securities fraud. Dachman was also criminally charged and convicted for his fraudulent cond... More...   $0 (09-13-2015 - IL)

DTND purchased property subject to Citi’s lien at a homeowners’ association foreclosure sale. After Citi initiated foreclosure proceedings, DTND sued it in Texas state court, alleging that it was “depriving [DTND] of the right to cure any default on the property prior to initiating foreclosure proceedings” in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (“DTPA”) and the Texas Debt Collect... More...   $0 (09-06-2015 - TX)

Daniel Avila alleges that CitiMortgage,
Inc., violated a fiduciary duty and breached its mortgage
agreement with him by using the payout from his
homeowner’s insurance policy to pay down his loan rather
than repair his damaged house. The district court dismissed
Avila’s suit—a proposed class action—for failure to state a
2 No. 14-1949
claim, reasoning that (1) his alle... More...   $0 (09-04-2015 - IL)

Holverson sued Lundberg to quiet title to a tract of land in Burleigh County, alleging he executed a contract for deed to purchase land from the Trust in 1978. He defaulted on payments under the contract for deed and Lundberg sent him a notice of statutory cancellation of the contract on December 13, 2012, which required him to satisfy the contract by June 17, 2013. Holverson alleged he presented... More...   $0 (09-04-2015 - ND)

In three issues, Appellant American Homeowner Preservation Fund, LP (American) appeals a judgment declaring null and void its lien on property
2
purchased by Appellee Brian J. Pirkle at a tax-foreclosure sale, declaring null and void a note executed by Cathy Lewis1 and secured by the property, dismissing American’s constitutional takings claims against the taxing authorities involved in th... More...   $0 (09-03-2015 - TX)

Sacramento, CA - Granite Bay Man Pleads Guilty in Scheme That Defrauded Investors in “Green” Cleaning Product Company

Brent Lee Newbold, 58, of Granite Bay, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and agreed to submit to a restitution order of at least $2.9 million, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Newbold was employed as chief executive officer of Holy Cow, a Rocklin-ba... More...   $0 (09-03-2015 - CA)

Harold and Delores Patton purchased property in Shelby County in 2009. LoanCare later became the beneficiary under the deed of trust. The Pattons defaulted on the mortgage payments and LoanCare purchased the property at a nonjudicial foreclosure sale. Because the Pattons would not vacate the premises, LoanCare instituted a forcible detainer proceeding in the Justice Court. That court found in favo... More...   $0 (09-02-2015 - TX)

This case requires us to resolve three issues
regarding a public construction contract that implements the
construction management at risk delivery method, pursuant to
G. L. c. 149A: (1) Does the owner who furnishes the plans and
specifications in a public construction management at risk
project give an implied warranty of their sufficiency for the
purpose intended,... More...   $0 (09-02-2015 - MA)

This case involves an attempt
by a Chapter 13 debtor to avoid foreclosure on her residential
mortgage through a lender liability suit in an adversary proceeding
within her bankruptcy case. Agreeing with the bankruptcy court, we
find all claims to be either time-barred or without merit, and
therefore affirm its grant of summary judgment in favor of the
creditors.
I. Back... More...   $0 (09-01-2015 - MA)

Tulsa, OK - Tulsa Industrial Authority (Title 60 public trust) and BOKF, NA d/b/a Bank of Oklahoma sued Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (a Title public trust) on breach of contract theories claiming:

Tulsa Industrial Authority, an Oklahoma public trust (hereafter the “Industrial Authority”), and BOKF, NA (d/b/a Bank of Oklahoma) for their Petition against Defendant, Tulsa Airports Improv... More...   $1560000 (08-31-2015 - OK)

Greenbelt, MD - Bookkeeper Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Stealing Over $179,000 from her Employer

Fraudulently Increased Her Salary and Wrote Forged Company Checks to Herself and Others

U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Jessica Lee Warner, age 39, of Baltimore, today to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud and aggrava... More...   $0 (08-31-2015 - MD)

The relevant facts are not disputed. Reints turned 70 years old in
March 2014. As of that time, he had owned and resided in a single-family home in
Pennington County for three years, including at least eight months in 2013. Reints
lived alone and had a household income of less than $16,000 in 2013.
[¶3.] In January 2014, prior to turning 70, Reints applied to the County for... More...   $0 (08-29-2015 - SD)

Linda Arneson worked for Pacific Mortgage, partly on salary, partly on commission. After she left Pacific in February 2013, she claimed she was owed commissions for, among other things, certain work done by a fellow employee as part of her team. Representing herself, she filed a wage claim with the state Labor Commissioner, and, in October 2013, obtained an award of approximately $29,500. Paci... More...   $0 (08-27-2015 - CA)

Benson purchased a used Infiniti from SCAS on October 1, 2011. He alleged that he subsequently learned the car had a damaged frame. He also alleged the car’s price on the contract he signed was $1,496 higher than the advertised price ($24,995) and the contract falsely stated he did not make a deferred down payment, when he actually did.
Benson’s counsel sent SCAS two letters, both dated ... More...   $0 (08-27-2015 - CA)

Tribeca is a California limited liability company formed in October 2005 by William Faidi, its sole shareholder. It is a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm that makes investments in “distressed” real estate by purchasing and foreclosing on defaulted mortgage loans. Sky Pacific Holdings I, LLC (Sky Pacific) is another California limited liability company also formed by Faidi, who ... More...   $0 (08-27-2015 - CA)

On July 27, 2009, Plaintiff, John Strohecker, who is a non-Indian resident of Riverton, Wyoming, was traveling southbound on Wyoming Highway 789 from his home in Riverton to Lander, Wyoming. As Plaintiff passed the parking lot of the Northern Arapaho 789 Smokeshop/Casino, Defendant Gary C’Hair pulled out of the parking lot and struck the vehicle Mr. Strohecker was driving. Mr. C’Hair is an enro... More...   $0 (08-26-2015 - WY)

San Francisco, CA - Former President Of Bay Area Home Builder Pleads Guilty To Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy
Ayman Shahid Admits to Participation in Builder Bailout Scheme to Inflate Home Prices During Peak of Mortgage Crisis

Ayman Shahid, the former president of Discovery Sales, Inc. (DSI), pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland to conspiracy to commit bank fraud announced U.S. Attor... More...   $0 (08-24-2015 - CA)

We must decide whether the district court abused its
discretion in denying Plaintiff Denise P. Edwards’s motion
for class certification, in her action against Defendants First
American Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary First
American Title Insurance Company (collectively, “First
American”). Edwards, seeking to represent a class of
similarly-situated home buyers, a... More...   $0 (08-24-2015 - CA)

The appellants in these consolidated appeals, Heang Ouch and Morcos Hanna, seek to represent a putative class of borrowers who have not kept up with their mortgage loan payments. Because of this delinquency, their loan servicers made a number of contractually-mandated advances of funds to the holders of the notes. The borrowers now argue that, despite their own non-payment, the servicers' actions ... More...   $0 (08-24-2015 - )

The plaintiff, First Bostonview Management, LLC (First Bostonview), appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 54(b), 365 Mass. 821 (1974), after the allowance of the summary judgment motion by the defendant, Bostonview Corporation (Bostonview), a charitable corporation, on First Bostonview's claims stemming from its attempt to purchase substantially all of Bostonview's real prope... More...   $0 (08-24-2015 - MA)