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Florida Mortgage Fraud Convictions

MORE MORTGAGE FRAUD CONVICTIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA The United States Attorney for South Florida announced mortgage fraud convictions of Vincent Artuso and John Artuso. Both were sentenced to 108 months of prison. Restitution of $5,814,000.00 was ordered. Both were convicted of mortgage fraud and RICO as well as money laundering.…

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MORTGAGE FRAUD PROSECUTIONS IN FLORIDA

Florida Federal Criminal Cases: Mortgage Fraud The US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida convicted and sentenced Brian Albritton to tens years for mortgage fraud. The allegations are that staring in 2004 he participated in a mortgage rescue operation for homeowners at risk of foreclosure. The allegations are a…

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Mortgage Fraud

South Florida, Fort Lauderdale and Miami , have become a hotbed of prosecution for mortgage fraud. The US Attorney, Broward, Miami and Palm Beach State Attorneys (prosecutors) and the Florida Attorney Generals Office of the Statewide Prosecutor have filed several dozen criminal prosecutions in Fort Lauderdale and Miami in both…

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CRIME DROPS IN 2007 IN SOUTH FLORIDA

The FBI announced that violent crime dipped nationwide in calendar year 2007. Robbery, murder, armed drug trafficking, manslaughter remain among the most “popular” crimes for prosecutors in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. The report states that two years of increases in murders, robberies and other kinds violent crimes in…

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Mortgage Fraud Arrests in Miami

The US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach) arrested Magile Cruz. Cruz is alleged to have participated in $24,000,000 of allegedly fraudulent mortgages. There has been a lot of political pressure on prosecutors in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach to arrest and…

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HOW CAN A LICENSED NASD ARBITRATOR & ATTORNEY HELP YOU?

SECURITIES LAW VIOLATIONS IN FLORIDA Criminal defense attorneys who are familiar with securities law prosecutions, and white collar crime are often certified Arbitrators for the National Association of Security Dealers (The NASD). Knowing securities law is essential if a lawyer is defending someone for a white collar crime, money laundering…

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