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	<description>You have just entered the #1 private-sector resource on Google for real estate fraud in California. In doing so, you have voluntarily left the dimension of the conventional real estate world and crossed over into the Dark Side, the realm where dishonesty, conniving and evil are the order of the day. Sign up for a free subscription to this comprehensive news source and receive weekly, timely news reports about real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, short sale fraud, REO fraud, title fraud, loan fraud, appraisal fraud, affinity fraud, loan modification scams, securities fraud, rent skimming and elder financial fraud. No advertising is accepted so that my subscribers know my writing is free of influence by deep-pocket institutions.</description>
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		<title>Interthinx Releases Q1 2013 Mortgage Fraud Risk Report</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4538</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Loan Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage fraud risk increased slightly in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest quarterly Mortgage Fraud Risk Report published by Interthinx. Interthinx prepares its reports using an internal team of fraud experts who analyze more than 12 million loan applications. California was the riskiest state in the nation, but essentially tied with Nevada and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daly City Real Estate Broker Pleads Not Guilty in Real Estate Fraud Case</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4536</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Abed Khoury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Teahan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Abed Khoury, 42, San Mateo County real estate broker, pleaded not guilty Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court to 36 counts of real estate fraud. According to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe , Khoury scammed three people out of over $800,000 between May 2006 and May 2012.  A co-defendant, Cindy Teahan, worked at several escrow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bakersfield Married Couple Plead Guilty in Mortgage Fraud Case</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4532</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bank Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loan Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darling Montalvo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Ray Hernandez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evelyn Sanchez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monica Marie Hernandez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricia King]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Eric Ray Hernandez, 37, and his wife Monica Marie Hernandez, 32, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud. According to court documents, between October 2005 and May 2007, the Bakersfield couple conspired with three other defendants to defraud lenders by submitting false and fraudulent loan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Dies in Court after Suing Wells Fargo for Negligence, Wrongful Foreclosure</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4524</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bank Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure Gate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anglin Flewelling Rasmussen Campbell & Trytten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Trujillo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Delassus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the most egregious cases of corporate ineptitude and callousness I&#8217;ve heard of to date. And after wrongfully costing a man his property, it then may have cost him his life. Larry Delassus was a disabled retiree, living on $1,600 a month in the Hermosa Beach condo he had owned for 16 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sentencing Delayed in Hendrix Montecastro, Helen Pedrino Real Estate Investment Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4522</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Securities Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles McLeod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Pedrino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hendrix Montecastro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Duncan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hendrix Montecastro and his mother, Helen Pedrino, have caught a lucky break: their new attorney managed to get their sentencing reset for August 8. Montecastro and Pedrino had represented themselves at the 86-day trial, in which prosecutors had accused him and the other defendants of fleecing victims out of a staggering $142 million. Similar to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Ken &amp; Katie Show&#8221; Defendant Sentenced for Real Estate Investment Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4517</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elder Financial Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elder Financial Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Investment Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katie Rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken and Katie Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Powell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Lascola]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Lascola, a Thousand Oaks man who pleaded guilty to 11 of the 24 felonies with which he was charged as part of the &#8220;Ken and Katie Show&#8221; real estate investment fraud case, has been sentenced to serve 10 years in state prison.   Lascola, who faced charges of elder financial abuse and grand theft, was linked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modesto Realtor&#8217;s Second Trial for Real Estate Fraud Postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4513</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Burdg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Sacramento Bee reports that the second trial for former Realtor® Erica Burdg has postponed until September 10. Burdg, 61, of Modestor, was charged with grand theft, forgery and attempted perjury. Prosecutors accuse her of taking money from Carlos Gonzales and his family, who thought she was helping them purchase a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the community of Newman. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Attorney General Sues HSBC for Stalling Foreclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4511</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bank Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure Gate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Atorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corp., accusing it of dragging out foreclosure cases in violation of state law in order to make it more difficult for homeowners to avoid foreclosure.  Banks use stalling tactics as a strategy in order to stack up more penalties, fees and interest against homeowners. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange County Brothers Convicted of Running National Foreclosure Rescue Scam</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4509</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure Consultants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure fraud]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Straw Buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Title Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Head Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Head]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Head]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Head and Jeremy  Head (aka Mike Head), brother who owned Head Financial in Orange County, have been convicted for scamming $15 million from homeowners at-risk of foreclosure by promising the victims that they can keep them out of foreclosure and repair their credit (mortgage rescue scams, foreclosure fraud). Charles Head was convicted on four counts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FHFA-OIG to Scrutinize Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac for REO Sales</title>
		<link>http://www.californiarealestatefraudreport.com/archives/4503</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 15:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monique Bryher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bank Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REO Fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[REO (foreclosure) sales are winding down; investors will tell you the inventory is dwindling. This is due to the banks finally waking up years after Realtors® told them it was better for the bottom-line to allow homeowners to do a short sale. HUD, FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the latter two are GSEs) still have sizeable [...]]]></description>
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