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  • DIY child support deals criticised (Guardian Unlimited)

    Business & money: Plans to let separated parents make their own maintenance arrangements alarms support groups
    2008-03-01 04:26:40
  • Editor-At-Large: Women, you can have it all – just not at the same time (Independent)

    A happy Mother's Day to all my readers – and especially if you are one of the increasing group of middle-aged mothers. I bet you're knackered.
    2008-03-01 04:37:31
  • Lingerie boss to pep up No 10 briefs

    Times Online - According to Land Registry documents they have a mortgage with a branch of Barclays registered in the Isle of Man. ... The case prompted widespread amazement that anybody could be so rich that they did not quickly notice such a massive fraud.
    2008-03-01 12:51:00
  • Is there value in those battered bank shares?

    Times Online - Fears about undisclosed exposure to imprudent lending and other problems, such as the £3.7 billion fraud at French bank ... Concerns about the state of the housing market and its impact on the mortgage business are also prompting some to remain wary.
    2008-03-01 01:05:00
  • The full story about the subprime mess

    HULIQ.com - I recently got a chance to read a very interesting book that tells the full story about subprime and the crazy days of the last real estate boom. The name of the book is “Greed, Fraud & Ignorance: A Subprime Insider's Look at the Mortgage Collapse ...
    2008-02-28 04:28:00
  • Two groups of Realtors try to be agents of change against real estate ...

    Riverside Press Enterprise - This leads to foreclosures when the applicant doesn't have the income to keep up with the mortgage. In this case the lender is the victim. Fraud for profit involves criminal activity, including scams in which perpetrators use inflated appraisals to ...
    2008-02-28 03:59:00
  • Folsom Man Denied Bail in Fraud Case

    KXTV News10Net - Wilson also allegedly took $1.1 million in investor money to buy his Folsom house, a yacht, a Lamborghini and to pay his mortgage and everyday personal expenses. Wilson has a prior fraud conviction and also filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
    2008-02-28 03:59:00
  • Clinton, Obama plans to address foreclosure crisis

    Cleveland Plain Dealer - Combat mortgage fraud and subprime loans with new criminal penalties for mortgage professionals found guilty; mandate accurate loan disclosure to prospective home buyers.
    2008-02-28 03:59:00
  • City business owner, 2 others indicted on tax-fraud charges

    Baltimore Sun - ... indicted in federal court in Baltimore yesterday on tax-fraud charges. According to the 10-count indictment, Stilianos Mavroulis, 63, and his son, Kyriakos Mavroulis, 26, both of Baltimore diverted at least $1.9 million from Fidelity Home Mortgage ...
    2008-02-29 05:35:00
  • Man accused of fraud, identity theft involving bankruptcy petitions

    Kansas City Star - ... filed allegedly fraudulent bankruptcy petitions in Kansas to stop home foreclosures has been indicted on suspicion of fraud ... Yass fraudulently represented to homebuyers who were delinquent in their mortgage payments that he could stop foreclosure ...
    2008-02-28 03:59:00
  • How Big Cities Will Weather the Housing Slump

    BusinessWeek - In print and online, the Hot Property team first wrote about the potential downside of lenders pushing riskier, "option ARM" mortgages and the rise in mortgage fraud back in 2005—well ahead of many other media outlets.
    2008-02-28 12:53:00
  • Pet programs get last bite of budget (The Salt Lake Tribune)

    The horse trading is all but over.     The result: A bevy of pet programs that will get pieces of the $5 million in loose change left after lawmakers finished with the main parts of the $12 billion budget.
    2008-03-01 12:44:05
  • Man can keep houses after mortgage fraud (Billings Gazette)

    HELENA - A judge has decided that a man gets to keep houses he bought using fraudulent mortgages, even though prosecutors said the move would allow him to profit from the crime.
    2008-03-01 04:07:45
  • Los Angeles Man Charged with Filing Fraudulent Bankruptcy Claims in Kansas (Kansas City InfoZine)

    Federal indictment alleges Isacc Yass told homeowners in foreclosure he could solve their problems
    2008-03-01 06:49:53
  • Mortgage Broker Convicted on Fraud Charges (WTOP Radio Network)

    A Pikesville mortgage broker is facing prison time following his conviction on fraud charges.
    2008-03-01 10:48:02