Brown Sues Foreclosure Consultant and Attorney Who Conned Homeowners into Paying Thousands for Phony Lawsuits
Los Angeles, CA - July 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. July 6 sued a foreclosure consultant and an attorney -- Paul Noe Jr. and Mitchell Roth - who conned 2,000 desperate homeowners into paying exorbitant fees for "phony lawsuits" to forestall foreclosure proceedings.News || Foreclosures, Mortgage
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TRENTON, NJ - October 20, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Anne Milgram today announced the filing of lawsuits charging a total of 37 mortgage loan providers, mortgage industry employees, lawyers and other defendants with consumer fraud and civil racketeering for using predatory “foreclosure rescue” schemes to persuade desperate homeowners to sign over their homes. The [...]...
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AUGUSTA, ME - November 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Janet Mills today joined the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice and the attorneys general of twenty-six other states in a national crackdown against foreclosure rescue and mortgage modification operations. These companies prey on consumers who are desperate to save their homes from foreclosure....
- Attorney General Cuomo Sues Buffalo Heating Contractor For Defrauding Homeowners Out Of Thousands Of Dollars
AG’s suit seeks $20,000 performance bond; Judge signs temporary restraining order barring contractor from taking any new jobs BUFFALO, N.Y. (January 3, 2008) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced that his office has sued a Buffalo-area heating and cooling contractor who defrauded consumers out of thousands of dollars. The Attorney General is seeking restitution for [...]...
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Jefferson City, MO - November 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Chris Koster said today he is suing a Florida company that took money from distressed Missouri homeowners without providing any meaningful mortgage-modification service. Koster joined the Federal Trade Commission and the state of Iowa in taking legal action against the company...
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TRENTON, NJ - July 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing the State’s effort to combat mortgage-related fraud, Attorney General Anne Milgram announced today the filing of two new lawsuits charging a total of 10 individual and corporate defendants with selling bogus loan modification services to distressed homeowners....
- Attorney General Corbett announces consumer protection lawsuits against 11 home improvement contractors; $660,000+ sought for consumers
HARRISBURG - June 12, 2008 - Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced a series of consumer protection lawsuits filed against 11 home improvement contractors operating in Philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, Central Pennsylvania, the Poconos, Southwestern Pennsylvania and Erie, seeking more than $660,000 in restitution for consumers.Corbett said the contractors named in the lawsuits are accused [...]...
- Attorney General Lori Swanson Sues Six Mortgage “Foreclosure Consultants” for Violations of Minnesota Consumer Protection Laws
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today filed six new lawsuits in Hennepin County District Court against foreclosure consulting companies that charged Minnesota homeowners up to $2,375 to save their homes but failed to provide promised assistance that would help them retain home ownership. ...
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- Mayor Bloomberg, Environmental Protection Commissioner Holloway Launch New Program to Relieve Water Debt and Help Prevent Mortgage Foreclosures
New York, NY - February 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway today launched the Water Debt Assistance Program, a new initiative that will temporarily relieve homeowners at risk of foreclosure of past-due water and sewer debt.
- New Research Shows Re-Redlining in Five California Cities
February 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After saturating neighborhoods of predominantly black and Latino residents with high-cost, often predatory lending throughout the subprime boom, banks have failed at preventing foreclosures while returning to high and disparate rates of loan denial for applicants of color, according to a new report by the California Reinvestment Coalition.
- HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR ARKANSAS STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - February 5, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to 24 counties in Arkansas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes by severe storms and flooding during the period of December 23rd and January 2nd.
- California Company Sued for Foreclosure Rescue Fraud
TALLAHASSEE, FL - February 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against a California company providing loan modification services to homeowners facing foreclosure. According to the lawsuit filed today in Orange County, 21st Century Legal Services, Inc. allegedly charges consumers up-front fees in violation of Florida’s Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act.
- Statement from Governor David A. Paterson Regarding the Order of Foreclosure for Riverton Houses
Albany, NY - February 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Paterson today issued the following statement regarding the order of foreclosure for Riverton Houses, in Harlem:
- Sam Johnson announces a FREE foreclosure prevention workshop
Washington, DC - February 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.—Texas) in conjunction with the DFW Home Ownership Preservation Enterprise will host a FREE foreclosure prevention workshop on Saturday, February 27th at 9:00 a.m. in Dallas. The event is open to the public and the press.
- State sanctions promoter of “foreclosure rescue” scheme
Salem, OR - February 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) issued a cease-and-desist order and assessed $250,000 in fines against Anthony "Tony" Schwartz and two businesses he controlled for selling interests in foreclosed homes he seized in a complex "foreclosure rescue" scheme.