Comments on: California "Mortgage Fraud Scam" May Be Tip Of The Iceberg, Says State Attorney General Jerry Brown

By: glad im not in california

glad im not in california — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:23:48 +0000

he could swing a cat by it’s tail in the middle of orange county, california and hit hundreds of criminals.

By: Carlos Marroquin

Carlos Marroquin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:48:10 +0000

Won case at LA Superior Court, but now I’m being victimized by
Countrywide…need help

By: Marla

Marla — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:21:17 +0000

How impressive that Jerry Brown feigns concern. I have spent the past several years reporting a MASSIVE real estate fraud/theft operation in Fresno, CA – he has not once acknowledged me. Forged (verified by handwriting expert) documents, altered records, ID theft, illegal conversion of assets, even suspected homicide.
Fresno’s District Attorney has prohibited reports of the operation – they went as far as to BLOCK my email address so I could not provide additional information.
Senators, Attorney General – no response.
Discrediting me seems to be one of the methods used to avoid looking into this. I believe I am being used as a scape goat for what this appears to be linked to – a 45+ yr citywide cover-up involving the city’s water system. Aside from empty speeches and promises, are there any agencies that actually DO investigate real estate theft/real estate fraud?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:14:56 +0000

I was ripped off in three different real estate deals in Chicago. These people prey on poor people to rip off. It is so blatant that they just rape the contracts. ALL people involved know eachother and have worked in this business for a long time. HUD, the FBI, the police,,, none of them will help in this scam. HUD always tries to act interested but it has come to my attention that they provided section 8 contracts and housing to con artist and swinders in Chicago. Most of the lending companies are based in California, they would give a loan without proper respas, 1003’s, etc… they gave a loan for $500K to a welfare mother with three kids. The broker would have a convicted felon find “targets” to dupe into false schemes and sell the section 8 properties he owned several times to un-suspecting people with low incomes and little experience in real estate. According to the HUD official, “they have alot of money now and will be difficult to prosecute.” Their scheme is SO illegal that it is easy to believe that even this HUD official is involved. A Chicago newspaper reportter named David Jackson was doing a story on this, a very good one and was ordered to “cease.” Why? Because this scam goes all the way to the top of government and all the way to the bottom of the barrel of scumbags and con artists. I am unfortunate to be ripped offf by these people but I wonder how many lives and families and children have been directly harmed by the greed of this corrupt industry???

By: Mark Knowles, Luxury Property

Mark Knowles, Luxury Property — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:26:30 +0000

And this is somehow a surprise? As far as I can tell, this has been normal practice for some time. And it’s certainly not limited to California.

By: Sevierville Real Estate

Sevierville Real Estate — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:21:07 +0000

What is really scary is that there are probably many, many more lenders that engaged in this type of activity. And not just in California. I would venture to say that over the next year or so there will be many developments and indictments for this practice.

By: charles feldman

charles feldman — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:45:52 +0000

thanks