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FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report revealed there were 9,521 real estate-based fraud complaints in 2023, which resulted in over $145 million in losses. The fraudsters wisely ...
In 2022, the FBI received 11,727 real estate-related complaints with losses of over $396 million, an 86% increase versus 2020 levels. Home sale scams ramp up amid a housing market short on ...
This law requires the periodic review of various agencies throughout state government. In 1985, the Colorado General Assembly passed the Sunrise law as a complement to the Sunset law. This law requires that a review be conducted on all proposals to regulate previously unregulated occupations or professions.
Equity stripping or equity skimming is a variation on lease-buyback and is one of the most common types of foreclosure rescue schemes. [4] In it, the perpetrator assumes ownership of the house while allowing the former owner to continue living there, provided that s/he pay rent to the perpetrator, who is the new owner.
Review Fraud – Alex Copola Podgor, Ellen S. Criminal Fraud, (1999) Vol, 48, No. 4 American Law Review 1. The Nature, Extent and Economic Impact of Fraud in the UK. February, 2007. The Fraudsters – How Con Artists Steal Your Money. ISBN 978-1-903582-82-4 by Eamon Dillon, published September 2008 by Merlin Publishing; Zhang, Yingyu.
It's a dangerous time to be a real estate investor scouting out parcels of land. The United States Secret Service Cybercrime Investigations division "has observed a sharp increase in reports of ...
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) - Patent Registry Scams; Australian Patent Office - Warning!Unsolicited IP Services; Belgian Patent Office - Warning to inventors about fraudulent registration services, in (in Dutch) or (in French) (with link to a Decision of January 14, 2005 of a Belgian Appeal Court (Brussels, R.G. 2003/AR/2192 and 2003/AR/2356) (pdf) - in French)
Various journal review websites (crowd-sourced or expert-run) have been started, some focusing on the quality of the peer review process and extending to non-OA publications. [128] [129] A group of libraries and publishers launched an awareness campaign. [130] [131] A number of measures have been suggested to further combat predatory journals.