Who reads the California Real Estate Fraud Report?
- Consumers
- Law enforcement
- 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
- 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
- Financial institutions, including bankers, trust and estate officers, loss mitigators and asset managers.