From there, the scammer files a new deed with the local county clerk, transferring the property to their name or an alias.

(NewsNation) — Unsuspecting homeowners are discovering their properties have been sold out from under them in a scam that authorities say is becoming more common: Quitclaim deed fraud. The scheme, ...

MAYVILLE — Chautauqua County Clerk Larry Barmore recently received a solicitation to purchase a deed for $86 for property he already owns. It is the same solicitation Barmore warned residents of only ...

To stop a form of deed fraud, Philadelphia has rolled out new technology that will verify if the signatory was alive at the time of the transfer of ownership. Mayor Cherelle Parker introduced the ...

While it’s not common, real estate deed fraud is on the rise across Indiana and the United States. Our definition comes from the FBI: “Deed fraud often involves identity theft where criminals will use ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Waianae family lost their disabled relative’s one-acre property to alleged title theft despite working with attorneys to gain legal guardianship and sell the home to pay ...

PLEA. A JUDGE HAS NOT YET RULED ON THAT MOTION. AN INDIANA MAN IS FACING CHARGES TONIGHT AFTER POLICE SAY HE FILED FRAUDULENT PAPERWORK AND ATTEMPTED TO SELL AN ELDERLY WOMAN’S HOME. JAMIE MAYES SPOKE ...

Imagine you are enjoying a slow start to your morning. The old kettle on the stove almost boils to a whistle, distant chickens begin to greet the sun and life is as it always has been for years in ...

A man accused of trying to scam a Louisville woman out of her property deed is facing new charges in the case.Russell Cheatham Jr., of Scottsburg, Indiana, was charged with criminal possession of a ...

(WJHL) Dr. Emily Campbell, an HMG Primary Care and Sports Medicine Physician, gives us some important insight into taking care of ourselves in the new year. She also helps us rethink the way we ...

Starting Sept. 1, two new Texas laws—Senate Bills 1734 and 693—will take aim at reversing loopholes in the state’s property laws that have allowed bad actors to steal ownership of homes with alarming ...