The Blotter

A Belvidere, N.J., man admitted he concealed a mortgage fraud scheme carried out by his wife, a former real estate title agent, in which they obtained seven loans, totaling more than $3.7 million, on two properties located in Belvidere and Wood-Ridge, N.J.

The Texas Department of Insurance warned owners of timeshare vacation properties of a fraud scheme involving unlicensed title insurance companies. Consumers always should make sure they are dealing with properly licensed title companies.

Harris County resident Maria Eliza Garza has been ordered to prison following her conviction in conspiring to defraud seven different Houston-area banks or more than $2 million in 2007 and 2008.

A property manager and real estate agent was sentenced to 22 months in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme arising from the purchases of more than 40 properties in New Haven, N.J.

A former title agency operator from Belvidere, N.J., pleaded guilty to a mortgage fraud conspiracy totaling more than $3.7 million. Read on for more details.

Acting New Jersey Attorney General John Hoffman announced that a lawyer from Chatham, N.J., was indicted along with 11 co-defendants who allegedly conspired with her in a scheme to steal nearly $1 million from lenders through a mortgage fraud scheme.

In Midland, three former Permian Basin business owners and a title company executive were sentenced for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved approximately 800 real estate properties and about $45 million in loans.

Deirdre Daly, U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Filippos Milios, also known as Filip Milios, 56, of Newington, Conn., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alvin Thompson in Hartford to 97 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for orchestrating a mortgage fraud scheme that involved dozens of Connecticut properties and resulted in nearly $5.7 million in losses to lenders.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced civil law enforcement actions against two foreclosure law firms and their affiliated title companies. They are accused of inflating foreclosure costs charged to homeowners and others in violation of Colorado law. Read on for more details.

A U.S. District judge in Maryland sentenced an attorney and a loan officer for their roles in an investment fraud scheme. Read on for more details.