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Fraud
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PropertyProf Blog
Keep a Very Close Eye on the Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
By propertyprof
It seems as though every day for weeks now we've been told a settlement between state attorneys general and fraudulent foreclosers -- by which I mean the largest home mortgage lenders…
The Faculty Lounge
More Test Score Fraud, More Resignations
The fraudulent reporting of standardized test scores continues - this time with an elite undergraduate program. A senior administrator at Claremont McKenna College, in Southern California, resigned after admitting he'd…
The Faculty Lounge
How to Defend a Scandal: Claremont-McKenna Version
Step One: Label the offending employee a “rogue” During Dean Garris’ review of this matter, a senior administrator in the Office of Admission disclosed that he had been solely responsible…
Food Safety News
Kansas City Poultry Processors Face Federal Charges
By Dan Flynn
Two executives of a family-owned Kansas meat company are charged in a six-count criminal indictment with processing chickens after USDA inspectors left for the day, selling them as if they…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Fraudulent Promoters Targeting Self-Directed IRA Owners
Almost four months ago, the SEC issued a formal alert advising investors to be watchful of fraudulent promoters targeting self-directed IRAs. Self-directed accounts currently represent $94 billion of IRA savings,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
US Sentencing Commission publishes (lengthy) set of proposed guideline amendments and issues for comment
Main January 18, 2012US Sentencing Commission publishes (lengthy) set of proposed guideline amendments and issues for commentVia a posting on its website, the US Sentencing Commission has now released this…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Stanford’s Competent to Stand Trial, Judge Rules
R. Allen Stanford, allegedly the most notorious Ponzi schemer after Bernie Madoff, will go to trial next week. A Texas federal judge rejected motions by defense attorneys that Stanford was not…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Must a Policyholder Answer All Questions Asked at an Examination Under Oath?
“Do I have to answer that?” Occasionally, one of my clients will turn to me during an examination under oath and aks that very question. Almost every time, I answer,…
PropertyProf Blog
The Sneakiest Scam of the Real Estate Age?
By propertyprof
I spent the long weekend in Las Vegas and came across this truly outstanding tale of deceit. It's a story of woe that involves all of my favorite things: homeowners…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Court Awards Compensatory and Punitive Damages, and Attorney Fees, for Fraud in Probating Will
Having been adjudicated in both the criminal and civil forums, Castor v. Pulaski addressed the disturbing scenario of a wife murdering her husband, and thereafter forging his will so as…