News & Analysis as of September 21, 2024

Foreclosure › Criminal Prosecution

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Foreclosure is a legal process whereby a lender seeks to force the sale of a mortgaged property in order to recover the balance of a delinquent loan. Recently, the foreclosure process has been the subject of greater legislative and judicial scrutiny after systemic abuses were uncovered during the widespread foreclosure crisis resulting from the Great Recession. less -

Sometimes Real Property Rights Can be Adjudicated in a Criminal Case Where the Property Owner is Not Even a Party

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP on 6/27/2022

Owners of real property generally understand that their property rights can be impacted by litigation in which they are a party. However, what’s less clear, but perhaps equally important to understand and guard against, is...more

Cartel Snapshot - February 2019

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/27/2019

Q4 Update: Overview of Cartel Investigations - Although 2018 saw guilty pleas and new indictments in several ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, the year finished by continuing a downward trend in antitrust...more

Law Enforcement Thwarts Sovereign Freeman

Carlton Fields on 11/3/2016

Copyrighting their names, “signing” with red thumbprints – we’ve seen some unusual court filings from unique individuals. But one person has apparently gone too far. It can be incredibly frustrating for a lender when a...more

Mortgage-Loan Modification Scam Ends with Serious Consequences

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/16/2016

A California man that operated as a high-level sales executive for a fraudulent residential mortgage-loan modification scheme will now spend several years in jail. From 2009 to 2016, Mehdi Moarefian (aka Michael Miller)...more

DOJ Nabs Two More in Real Estate Bid Rigging Conspiracy

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/12/2016

Two real estate investors pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Georgia. The guilty pleas, entered on Monday, January 4, are the 11th...more

SEC Files Offering Fraud, Microcap Fraud Actions

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/16/2015

Microcap fraud and offering fraud cases are staples of SEC enforcement. The agency added to its totals in these areas, filing an additional offering fraud and microcap fraud action. SEC v. Mogler, Civil Action No. 15-cv-01814...more

DOJ Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Six-Month Summary, Part II

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 5/19/2015

This is the second installment in our coverage of the DOJ’s recent criminal cartel enforcement actions. Over the last six months, more than fifty individuals have pleaded guilty as a result of the DOJ’s antitrust...more

DOJ Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Six-Month Summary

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 11/14/2014

This is the first in what we expect to be a series of updates on DOJ criminal actions in the cartel area. Here, we look at highlights over the last six months in the DOJ’s investigations of the auto parts industry, LIBOR, and...more

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