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The Benson Syndicate was an unusual, 19th century organized crime organization in the western United States which received contracts from the United States General Land Office (GLO) to perform cadastral land surveys of the public lands. It was led by, and named after, John A Benson (1845–1910), originally from Illinois and later a US deputy ...
The incident is just the latest example of what the FBI says is a growing and troubling new form of fraud affecting unsuspecting landowners nationwide. FBI warns scammers are impersonating ...
The Bell scandal involved the misappropriation of public funds in Bell, California, United States, over a period of several years in the late 2000s.In July 2010, the Los Angeles Times published an investigative article on possible malfeasance in the neighboring city of Maywood, revealing that the city officials of Bell received salaries that were reported as the highest in the nation. [1]
California's attorney general alleges fraud by a Project Homekey contractor. Doug Smith. January 12, 2024 at 6:00 AM ... and all seven properties are now at risk of foreclosure, the complaint said.
Read more:A California tribe was twice robbed of its land. A 77-acre purchase brings hope A 77-acre purchase brings hope The restitution bills come as welcome news to activist Kavon Ward too.
Sidney Leonard Jaffe (December 22, 1924 – July 16, 2005) was an American-born Canadian businessman who was kidnapped from outside his Toronto home in 1981 by American bounty hunters Timm Johnsen and Daniel Kear and transported to Florida after failing to appear for a trial there on charges of land sales fraud. His conviction on the fraud ...
When the two were arrested in 2021, prosecutors said they had stolen nearly $400,000 in unemployment benefits, but after two of the fraud counts were dismissed by Markham, the total was closer to ...
Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court decision that ruled a California Coastal Commission regulation which required private homeowners to dedicate a public easement along valuable beachfront property as a condition of approval for a construction permit to renovate their beach bungalow unconstitutional.