A year and a half after the Eaton fire broke out, a real estate agent has been sentenced in one of the first criminal price gouging cases tied to the deadly blazes. ... Read more »
Former Douglas Elliman broker and “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” star Brendan Fitzpatrick is accused of running a more than $80 million Ponzi scheme. Fitzpatrick, now based in Palm Beach, has been... Read more »
A former D.C. housing official pleaded guilty Thursday in a scheme to invent a fake federal housing program for veterans in order to defraud mortgage lenders of $15 million. Richard Cunningham, 55,... Read more »
A former real estate professional who ran a fraudulent investment fund along with her ex-husband was sentenced to 55 months in prison Friday after a jury convicted her of wire fraud, money... Read more »
Federal prosecutors want more than a decade in the slammer for former L.A. councilman José Huizar, who admitted to leading a pay-to-play corruption scheme tied to real estate developers. Prosecutors urged a... Read more »
Florida company targeted California homeowners with predatory scheme, state attorney general alleges
The California attorney general has sued a Florida-based real estate firm, alleging it ran a predatory scheme that limited homeowners’ ability to sell and left them vulnerable to owing thousands of dollars.... Read more »