California Real Estate Fraud Report

This blog exists to educate law enforcement and consumers as to the kinds of real estate crimes being committed in the state of California. I assemble timely news reports of real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, loan fraud, appraisal fraud, affinity fraud, loan modification scams and elder financial fraud in order to spotlight real estate professionals and businesses who are being prosecuted for real estate crimes -Monique Bryher

Subscribers

April 5th, 2009 at 9:23am

- Consumers, the group to whom this blog is dedicated

- U.S. Attorneys, District Attorneys and D.A. investigators,  City Attorneys

- California Department of Real Estate (DRE) and the California Office of Real Estate   Appraisers (OREA)

- IRS investigators, and in California, investigators for the Franchise Tax Board (FTB)

- U.S. military prosecutors and investigators

- Investigative journalists

- Real estate appraisers, loan officers, real estate agents and brokers, escrow officers, title officers and surveyors.

- Financial institutions, including bankers, compliance officers, trust and estate officers, loss mitigators and asset managers.

- Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs): professionals who are accountants, auditors and   private investigators by trade and certified by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

- Private-sector attorneys, such as real estate attorneys representing plaintiffs and/or defendants in fraud-related civil actions

Informally, I’d estimate that about 20% of the readers are in the law enforcement and regulatory agency professions (federal, state, local). Another 35% are in real estate-related professions (bankers, mortgage brokers, government-sponsored entities such as Fannie Mae, real estate agents/brokers, appraisers, escrow officers, attorneys) and the remainder are consumers.

-Monique Bryher

 


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The information and notices contained on The California Real Estate Fraud Report are intended to summarize recent developments in real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, appraisal fraud, loan modification scams, loan modification fraud and other real estate related crimes occurring in Los Angeles and California. The posts on this site are presented as general research and information and are expressly not intended, and should not be regarded, as legal advice. Much of the information on this site concerns allegations made in civil lawsuits and in criminal indictments. All persons are presumed innocent until convicted of a crime. Readers who have particular questions about real estate fraud, mortgage fraud and appraisal fraud matters or who believe they require legal counsel should seek the advice of an attorney.