The Blotter

A couple from New York were arrested for their roles in an alleged residential mortgage fraud scheme and extradited to New York from Canada. Read on for more details.

A woman from Roseville, Calif., was sentenced to 14 1/2 years in prison for her involvement in mortgage fraud schemes that cost financial institutions more than $17 million. Read on for more details.

A Philadelphia woman was indicted with loan application fraud for falsely representing her employment status when she misrepresented her employment status. Read on for more details.

A California man was sentenced to time in prison and ordered to pay approximately $2.4 million in restitution for his role in an extensive mortgage modification scheme. Read on for more details.

A man from Winter Haven, Fla., pled guilty to making false statements in a mortgage loan application. Among other things, he persuaded his bank to pay off a lien on the property that did not actually exist. Read on for more details.

New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a man and a woman were arrested on first-degree charges for allegedly carrying out an elaborate identity theft and mortgage fraud scheme in which they stole nearly $1 million from various lenders. Another man who allegedly participated in the criminal scheme is being sought as a fugitive.

The principals of a mortgage relief operation and their companies are banned from the mortgage loan modification and debt relief business under court orders obtained by the Federal Trade Commission. The orders resolve charges that the scheme falsely promised financially distressed homeowners they would receive legal representation to prevent foreclosure or lower their mortgage payments and interest rates, and illegally charged thousands of dollars in advance. Read on for more details.

A California man has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge related to a long-running mortgage rescue scheme that involved nearly $3 million in illegal fees charged to distressed homeowners and about 200 fraudulent bankruptcy petitions. Read on for more details.

The former chief financial officer of a San Antonio title company pleaded guilty to stealing from the agency, using the funds to pay for his personal expenses and bills. Read on for more details.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a court action to stop a group of non-lawyers operating an illegitimate foreclosure defense and loan modification law firm. The group of non-lawyers operated several foreclosure defense and loan modification companies, allegedly deceived homeowners into paying large fees for legal services that were not supervised or approved by licensed attorneys. Read on for more details.