Atlanta mortgage fraud attorneys are finding that allegations of mortgage fraud are up 4% nationwide, and that Atlanta is one of the top ten cities with increases in mortgage fraud allegations. According to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Los Angeles and Miami are the top two cities where mortgage fraud suspicion reports are being […]

Seven current and former police officers and an FBI agent have been charged in a federal mortgage fraud indictment that claims they were involved in a $16.5 million mortgage scam. Atlanta mortgage fraud attorneys noted that this Florida case is unusual in that most of the parties facing charges are law enforcement officers. Attorneys who […]

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is asking for $178 million to fight mortgage fraud in 2011. If efforts to combat the crime next year will yield results as impressive as those realized the past few months nationwide, the U.S. Department of Justice just might get that money. Operation Stolen Dream, the largest federal mortgage fraud […]

For anyone facing mortgage fraud charges in Georgia, it would be a good idea to consult an experienced Atlanta mortgage fraud attorney. Prosecutors are ready to pounce on any opportunity they can find to prove a mortgage fraud case. A recent case is instructive: two Georgia men pled guilty to reverse mortgage fraud and each […]

Hoschton is a small town, about 50 miles outside of Atlanta, Georgia, near Gwinnett County. It made big news last Tuesday, however, when former Hoschton mortgage broker Edward Williams Farley was sentenced to 25 years in prison for mortgage fraud, a check-kiting scheme and bankruptcy fraud. In addition to his prison time, the judge ordered […]