As the nation paused to celebrate and elevate the cornerstones of democracy in America, the attorneys in the Michael McLaughlin case did revolutionary battle over a unique turn in the case that could set new precedent in the federal court system. At issue is the still-remarkable turn of events Read More

Chuck Appleby wanted answers back in March as he grappled with how to get his family back into their Seaside Park home that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. He and many other Sandy victims with questions attended a town hall meeting in Manasquan on March 21 to hear what Gov. Chris Christie had to Read More

A Roseville man wanted on charges of real estate fraud was extradited to California last week from Georgia. On July 3, 48-year-old Eimbari Kemet was extradited from Lawrenceville, Georgia back to California by San Bernardino County District Attorney investigators. Kemet was arrested in Georgia for Read More

(FREEHOLD) The former executive director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority was arrested Thursday at his Mercer County home and charged with theft, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Mark W. Holmes, 52, of Lawrence Township, is charged with Read More

PHILADELPHIA - Richard Lewis, 54, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment unsealed today, with conspiracy to steal property from the Philadelphia Housing Authority where Lewis was employed at the time, in the amount of approximately $348,910, announced United States Attorney Zane Read More

DOVER — After pleading guilty to defrauding a dozen friends and neighbors, a former school official will serve at least 18 months in prison and must pay about $278,000 in restitution. While the case is tied to other victims, Nickolas Skaltsis, 62, of 6 Erik Drive, waived the indictment process and Read More

An Akron man will spend 10 years in prison for leading a mortgage fraud scheme in Northeast Ohio and Florida, according to federal prosecutors. Jack R. Coppenger, 50, appeared in federal court Monday after previously pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy. U.S. District Judge John Adams Read More

ST. GEORGE — Fifth District Court personnel will make a third attempt to sentence a Washington City resident next month following his conviction on fraud charges that involved the diversion of nearly $800,000 earmarked for St. George and Mesquite building projects.

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office has charged two Metro Detroit men with operating a mortgage fraud business that allegedly cheated 272 customers out of thousands. Jeffrey Baker, 45, of Detroit, and Leroy Yeargin, Jr., 44, of Southfield, were both charged Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court Read More

(Source: HUD) -- The nation’s largest mortgage servicers have failed eight of the servicing standards in the National Mortgage Settlement according to a report released by Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement. The Monitor’s testing through the end of last year resulted Read More

CANTON — Two Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority employees have been fired, and the agency’s books and operational procedures are undergoing a federal review to fix numerous issues following a scathing report accusing the agency of improperly spending at least hundreds of thousands of federal tax Read More

PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh Housing Authority is taking legal action against its former director, seeking nearly $600,000. The Housing Authority filed a summons with notice in State Supreme Court in Clinton County against Lori A. Cantwell.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Medina builder of luxury homes and six other people have been accused in U.S. District Court in Cleveland of conspiring to commit mortgage fraud after the builder ran into financial problems because he could not sell the houses.

The United States Attorney, Kenyen Brown, announces that a one-count information was returned today by a Federal Grand Jury against Delaine Williams, a 25 year old resident of Satsuma, Alabama. Williams was charged with one (1) count of providing false information to a federally insured Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A former real estate lawyer from Birmingham was sentenced today to two years in prison for wire fraud in a mortgage scheme that exceeded $1 million over five years.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA—United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma Danny C. Williams Sr., joined by members of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and community counseling services, today announced a first series of arrests as the result of the Violent Crime Initiative to Read More

The Harris County Housing Authority could be forced to pay back millions of dollars to the federal government following an audit by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The regional inspector general for HUD concluded the county housing authority had mismanaged up to $27.5 million Read More

Remember when federal Judge Jed Rakoff scared the bejesus out of Wall Street in 2011? That’s when he refused to sign off on a $285-million civil settlement between Citigroup and the Securities and Exchange Commission over a massive mortgage fraud case.