The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning in April about an unprecedented increase in quitclaim deed fraud. A quitclaim deed is a legal document that transfers ...

A judge ruled that one woman’s Dayton property was stolen from her through quitclaim fraud, but the judge decided she won’t get the building back because the people who bought it from the alleged ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first ran in September 2024. On June 1, the Attorney General’s office issued another alert about this problem spreading in New Hampshire. Consider this scenario: You go away ...

ST. LOUIS – A man already facing local charges for trying to steal people’s homes out from under them has now drawn the ire of federal prosecutors. James. L. Townes Jr., 50, was charged in St. Louis ...

Deed fraud is on the rise in Montgomery County, and local leaders are urging property owners — particularly the owners of vacant or rental properties or houses that recently went up for sale — to be ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — When a scammer stole her house through a fraudulent quitclaim deed, Robin Mobley, of Dayton, was left feeling blindsided, in debt and determined to win it back. It all started with ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Now that one suspect is in custody and another is being sought, a family is fighting to get back the home that was allegedly stolen from them via a forged “quit claim” deed. In ...

Related to last week’s risk reduction tips for cybercrimes and wire fraud, this week, we explore deed fraud, including the impersonation of a property owner to sell or taking possession of a property ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis organization is ...

This is what the government should be focused on.... A Mississippi homeowner is living a nightmare after falling victim to a scam that caused her to be kicked out of her home and labeled a squatter.

Terrell Jolly has rehabbed more than 30 homes on the East Side of Kansas City. Abandoned or vacant homes are a prime target for deed fraud, when a scammer forges a deed transfer giving themself ...

Consider this scenario: You go away on vacation and then come home to find that somebody has bought your house without your knowledge and without paying you anything. They lock you out, and your only ...