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By Staff Report / Friday, November 7th, 2014 / Features, Latest news, Law, Real Estate, South Coast, Top Stories / Comments Off on Lack gets nine-plus year sentence, faces additional 11
Convicted former contractor, 53-year-old David Lack was slapped nine years and eight months in state prison at his Nov. 6 sentencing, after a jury found him guilty of three counts of grand theft in early August. Lack was also ordered to pay restitution of $300,000 to Mary Belle Snow, $600,508.74 to Rabobank and more than Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, August 9th, 2013 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Mortgage fraud crackdown counts another success
The Ventura County District Attorney’s office has struck pay dirt in its long-running investigation into mortgage fraud.
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By Staff Report / Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 / Latest news, Law / Comments Off on Eight arrested at Oxnard firm on mortgage fraud charges
Eight people were arrested this morning on suspicion of carrying out a mortgage fraud scheme of filing bogus loan applications that generated hefty fees and commissions for the suspects while causing $11 million in losses for lenders when the homes went into foreclosure. The Ventura County District Attorney’s office began the investigation into Oxnard-based New Read More →
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By Guest commentary / Friday, July 5th, 2013 / Op/Eds, Opinion / Comments Off on Op/ed: How to protect a loved one from financial fraud and elder abuse
Baby boomers increasingly are facing the difficult task of protecting aging parents from financial fraud, scams and undue influence.
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, May 3rd, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Law, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Nipomo man must return $47M to fraud victims, banks
John Mark Moore, 51, of Nipomo has pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding his in-laws, a former business partner and five banks out of as much as $47 million. Before his sentencing in July, Moore is likely to try to return as much of that as he can as restitution, according to prosecutors. But Read More →
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By Editorial Board / Friday, May 27th, 2011 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Task force gets tough on mortgage fraud
In creating a mortgage fraud strike force, Attorney General Kamala Harris has taken a big, if belated, step forward in writing the last chapter of California’s housing meltdown. As we have chronicled in these pages during the past two years, the boom and bust in housing in our region and across the Golden State did Read More →
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