Attorney General Martha Coakley Obtains Judgments Against Alec Sohmer and Other Defendants in Alleged Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Scheme

BOSTON, MA – August 6, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office concluded its case against former Brockton attorney Alec G. Sohmer and five other defendants over their roles in a 2006 foreclosure rescue scheme.The judgments entered today by Judge Thomas Connolly against Sohmer in the amount of $620,000 and against the four remaining defendants collectively in the amount of $364,000, together with the judgment obtained last May in the amount of $41,204, resolve allegations that Sohmer, with the assistance of the other defendants, orchestrated an unlawful foreclosure rescue scheme against 26 homeowners