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	<description>NOW THE #1 PRIVATE RESOURCE ON GOOGLE FOR REAL ESTATE FRAUD! This blog educates law enforcement and consumers as to real estate fraud and other real estate crimes being committed in California. Sign up for a free subscription to the most comprehensive news source for real estate fraud and receive weekly, timely news reports about real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, short sale fraud, REO fraud, loan fraud, appraisal fraud, affinity fraud, loan modification scams, securities fraud, rent skimming and elder financial fraud. – Monique Bryher</description>
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		<title>800 Posts on Real Estate Fraud and Counting!</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3479</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REO Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short Sale Fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Subscribers, Today I am proud to announce that the California Real Estate Fraud Report has surpassed its 800th post, all written by Yours Truly. In March 2011, in announcing that this blog had achieved 500 posts, I observed the following: In the coming year, expect short sale fraud to become the most common form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Who Stole South L.A. Homes Sentenced under Three-Strikes</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3473</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elder Financial Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elder Financial Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan Modification Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan Modification Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Rescue Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timothy Barnett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A man who conned elderly people out of their houses in South Los Angeles (elder financial fraud, elder financial abuse), helping himself to nearly $900,000 in their equity, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under California&#8217;s three-strikes law. Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus didn&#8217;t mince words when describing Timothy Barnett, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Irvine Planning Commission Sentenced to 6+ Years</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3468</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Escrow Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Sparks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[David Richard Sparks, once a talented real estate investor and former Irvine Planning Commissioner who was prosecuted for bilking his friends and family, is going to prison. Sparks brought investors into his business by promising to buy, rehabilitate and sell foreclosed or distressed homes, something he never did (real estate investment fraud). Instead, according to evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James McConville, aka &#8220;West Coast Donald Trump,&#8221; Goes to Prison for 8 Years</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3465</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Loan Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straw Buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James McConville]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[James McConville, once a successful developer, was sentenced to eight years and nine months in federal prison for money laundering and conspiracy to commitmail and wire fraud. While in business, McConville referred to himself as &#8220;the West Coast Donald Trump.&#8221; McConville purchased over 300 properties using straw buyers, falsifying loan documents and charging excessive &#8220;marketing fees,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Chula Vista Men Charged with Loan Modification Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3462</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure Consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan Modification Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan Modification Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Rescue Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Rescue Scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two Chula Vista men who alleged ran a loan modification scam have been indicted for mail fraud and money laundering. Jose Ruiz, 37, and Christian Hidalgo, 36, are accused by the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office of stealing more than $1.5 million from more than 400 homeowners between March 2009 and October 2011. They allegedly contacted homeowners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katie Rose, Radio Show Host, Pleads Guilty to Real Estate Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3459</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elder Financial Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elder Financial Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kathryn &#8220;Katie&#8221; Rose, 62, who ran a local radio show in Ventura with co-host Kenneth A. Powell, pleaded guilty in one of the largest real estate fraud cases  prosecuted by the Ventura County District Attorney. She faces a sentence of 12 years for her crimes. Kenneth Powell, 58, has already pleaded guilty to 15 similar white-collar felony counts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upland Man Arrested for Forging Notary Seal, Signature</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3452</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notary Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rent Skimming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Lamonte Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A complaint filed by a Notary Public stating that her signature and seal had been forged on a grant deed (notary fraud) has resulted in the arrest of an Upland man Eric Lamonte Smith, 38, has been charged with real estate fraud, identity theft, forgery, and preparing fraudulent credit applications and arraigned in San Bernardino Superior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange County Residents Indicted in REO Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3446</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REO Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Title Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Wardein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul LiCausi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheridan Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvia Melkonian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Six people &#8211; three from Orange County &#8211; have been indicted in a so-called property flipping scheme that involved REO (Real Estate Owned) properties. The defendants are Sylvia Melkonian, 48, of Laguna Beach, Andrew Wardein, 38, of Irvine, Craig Shults, 41, of Huntington Beach, Sheridan Snyder, 65, of Turtletown, Tennessee, Paul LiCausi, 47, of Fort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Preparer on Her Way to Prison for Mortgage Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3442</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Loan Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia Ann King]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A woman who operated a Bakersfield tax preparing firm has admitted to participating in preparing and filing a fraudulent tax return to the IRS on behalf of a client. Her poor judgment is costing her dearly, as she has just been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for mortgage fraud by Chief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Martino Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Mortgage Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/3439</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Loan Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straw Buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Dority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Dority, 54, a San Marino man who pleaded guilty in March 2011 to stealing $9 million from lenders by using straw buyers to purchase properties with falsified loan documents (loan fraud, mortgage fraud), has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison. Dority used much of us ill-gotten gains to buy houses and splurge on Ferraris and Lamborghinis. [...]]]></description>
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