A year after Thomas Guth was released from federal prison in 2003, his lawyer told a judge in Chicago that he wanted to start a new life away from the city in Pueblo, Colo. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA – A year after Thomas Guth was released from federal prison in 2003, his lawyer told a judge in Chicago that he wanted to start a new life away from the city in Pueblo, Colo. The judge agreed to release Guth early from probation so he could move away with his then-15-year-old son. ...more

June 13, 2008

This morning, a federal judge in Tampa sentenced 28-year-old Luis Uribe Of Apollo Beach to 8 1/2 years in federal prison and five years of probation for wire fraud and identity theft for a mortgage scam. ...more

June 11, 2008

Two men pleaded guilty today to mortgage fraud in Polk County, officials from the state Attorney General's Office said. David E. Tuggle Jr. and Eric S. Steinhauser, both of Hillsborough County, confessed to submitting fraudulent mortgage loan documents to Argent Mortgage Co. through Tampa-based Sunstate Mortgage Co., attorney general spokeswoman Sandi Copes said. ...more

May 6, 2008

A 37-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest subprime mortgage companies, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said. ...more

February 14, 2008

A 37-year-old woman pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in a mortgage fraud scheme involving one of the nation's largest sub-prime mortgage companies, Attorney General Bill McCollum. ...more

February 13, 2008

Florida's attorney general is investigating Countrywide Financial Corp., a beleaguered California-based mortgage lender, for possible unfair and deceptive business practices related to its home loans. ...more

February 1, 2008

The FBI on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Florida attorney general's office and two state legislators said Tuesday that they will more aggressively pursue and prosecute companies that use deception to acquire the homes of people trying to avoid foreclosure. ...more

January 23, 2008

More potential mortgage fraud cases were reported by lenders in Florida in 2007 than in the entire country the previous year, William Stern, a supervisory special agent with the FBI, said Friday. ...more

January 19, 2008