Year: 2015

  • Mortgage and Real Estate Fraud Examples 2015

    Mortgage and Real Estate Fraud Examples 2015

    This is Examples оf Mortgage аnd Real Estate Fraud Investigations Sесоnd IRS 2015 Thе fоllоwіng examples оf Mortgage аnd Real Estate Fraud Investigations аrе written frоm public record documents оn file іn thе courts wіthіn thе judicial district whеrе thе cases wеrе prosecuted. Former Short Sale Specialist Sentenced fоr Mortgage аnd Tax Fraud On Aug. 14,…

  • Email Scam: MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION

    Email Scam: MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION

    This is an email received about “MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Letter From MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION Microsoft Corporations: Customer Service Manchester Business Park 3000 Aviator Way Manchester. United Kingdom. FILE REF: HL/5564/11/15/MICS…

  • SAN DIEGO—The Owner of a Glendale-based Ride-Sharing Business Pleaded Guilty

    SAN DIEGO—The Owner of a Glendale-based Ride-Sharing Business Pleaded Guilty

    L.A. Man Pleads Guilty in $17 Million Scheme to Defraud Verizon by Reselling More Than 30,000 iPhones Obtained at Deeply Discounted Price   SAN DIEGO—The owner of a Glendale-based ride-sharing business pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal wire fraud charges, admitting that he illegally generated over $13 million in profits by selling more than 30,000…

  • Five Individuals, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Kickback Schemes In California

    Five Individuals, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Kickback Schemes Involving Nearly $600 Million in Fraudulent Claims by Southern California Hospitals Former Hospital Executive, Doctors, and Two Others Admit Roles; Agree to Cooperate   WASHINGTON—In a series of related cases announced today, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of a Long Beach, California, hospital, two orthopedic…

  • Email Scam: Pablo Nacho Vice President INTERLOTTO

    Email Scam: Pablo Nacho Vice President INTERLOTTO

    This is an email received about “Pablo Nacho Vice President INTERLOTTO” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen.     INTERLOTTO €UROPE /€URO MILLION LOTTO PROGRAM OFFICE; PLAZA JUAN CARLOS C-14541, MADRID SPAIN. FROM THE DESK…

  • Cybercrime: Talk Talk hacked by Cybercriminals

    Cybercrime: Talk Talk hacked by Cybercriminals

    What to do if you have been affected? The phone and broadband provider Talk Talk which has over 4 million UK customers have that said banking details and personal information could have been accessed by hackers in a recent cyber attack.  Credit card, bank account details, names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses and telephone…

  • How to Stay Out of Computer and Telephone Scam

    How to Stay Out of Computer and Telephone Scam

    Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) is warning of people of a new-style telephone scam where fraudsters impersonate major companies and organisations to take over computers and steal money from online bank accounts. There has been a recent increase in reports of this type of scam to Action Fraud where criminals are using technology to…

  • Loan Modification: Brian Kandefer Fraudster Sentenced

    Loan Modification: Brian Kandefer Fraudster Sentenced

    Brian Kandefer, 37, San Diego, California, was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1.4 million dollars in restitution after his guilty plea to wire fraud and money laundering. According to documents in the case, K2 Capital Management Inc. did business as US Mortgage Bailout and USMortgageBailout.com with physical offices located in La Jolla,…

  • New Hate Crime Statistics From FBI

    New Hate Crime Statistics From FBI

    FBI Releases 2014 Hate Crime Statistics Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. Submitted by 15,494 law enforcement agencies, the data provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes; however, the UCR Program does not estimate…

  • Real Estate Developer: Michael David Scott Gets Prison Sentence

    Real Estate Developer: Michael David Scott Gets Prison Sentence

    Michael David Scott, real estate developer, 51, Mansfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 135 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of over $11,374,201and to forfeit $7,413,712.  In June 2015, Scott pleaded guilty to counts of 32 counts of wire fraud, 14 counts of bank fraud, and 22 counts of…

  • Builder Bailout Scheme – Edward Khalfin Guilty Verdicts

    Builder Bailout Scheme – Edward Khalfin Guilty Verdicts

    Edward Khalfin, 58, San Mateo, California was found guilty by a federal jury of 12 counts of mail fraud and 11 counts of making false statements on loan applications. Robin Dimiceli, 53, Brentwood, California was found guilty by a federal jury of six counts of mail fraud and six counts of making false statements on loan applications.  The convictions…

  • Loan Fraud Minnesota Man Gets 57 Months

    Loan Fraud Minnesota Man Gets 57 Months

    Solomon Gordon Raymond, also known as Paul Anthony Raymond, 54, Golden Valley, Minnesota, was sentenced to 57 months in custody for lying to banks on a series of business loan applications he used to take almost $500,000. In addition to punishing Raymond for his fraudulent crimes, U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez increased Raymond’s sentence for…

  • Email Scam: FROM MRS. DEBORAH

    Email Scam: FROM MRS. DEBORAH

    This is an email received about “FROM MRS. DEBORAH E. PAR” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen.   HELLO MY BELOVED IN THE LORD. MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: mrs.deborahd@yahoo.co.za I AM MRS. DEBORAH E. PAR…

  • Email Scam: MICROSOFT OFFICIAL PROMOTION Winner

    Email Scam: MICROSOFT OFFICIAL PROMOTION Winner

    This is an email received about “MICROSOFT OFFICIAL PROMOTION” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. MICROSOFT® CORPORATIONS Cardinal Place 80-100 Victoria Street London,SW1E 5JL United Kingdom                           MICROSOFT OFFICIAL PROMOTION It is obvious that this…

  • Paul Hurley – Former BVU Official, Bristol Mayor Pleads Guilty

    Paul Hurley – Former BVU Official, Bristol Mayor Pleads Guilty

    Paul Hurley Admits to Mail Fraud, Lying to a Federal Grand Jury ABINGDON, VA—The former Mayor of Bristol, Virginia and a former member of the Board of Directors of Bristol Utilities Authority (BVU), pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon to charges related to the…

  • Internet Fraud – Tips And Descriptions

    Internet Fraud – Tips And Descriptions

      Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud: Understand as much as possible about how the auction works, what your obligations are as a buyer, and what the seller’s obligations are before you bid. Find out what actions the website/company takes if a problem occurs and consider insuring the transaction and shipment. Learn as much as…

  • Cyber Criminals: How Protect Your Business?

    Cyber Criminals: How Protect Your Business?

    Cybercrime is all that means theft on the Internet using a computer or smatphone, or any device that uses the Internet. Cyber Criminals are those who use or create these ways or theft scam Durіng thіѕ year’s Stay Smart Online Week, small businesses аrе bеіng asked tо thіnk аbоut whаt thеу share оr store online…

  • Email Scam: Engr. John Mark – DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

    Email Scam: Engr. John Mark – DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

    This is an email received about “DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen.   From the Desk of: Engr. John Mark Director, Project Implementation DIRECT TEL: +27-78-542 9767…

  • Scam Email: Curtis Butler

    Scam Email: Curtis Butler

    My mom was the recipient of an attempted scam – luckily she asked for my help in processing a credit card and so I was able to stop it before she actually lost any real money! Curtis Butler was the name used in these scam – 2 different email addresses (see below) Here is the…

  • Scam Email: Max Gardner

    Scam Email: Max Gardner

    Dear Kathleen, This is the first email from a series from this person. It is definitely a scam. Please post his name on your site. Any further advice for how I can report this, etc… would be appreciated. Thanks, Steve Begin forwarded message: From: Max Gardner [maxgardner402@yahoo.com] Subject: artwork Date: September 3, 2013 4:13:18 AM…