Fraud

Mortgage Fraud Highest in Certain Illinois Zip Codes

ATG has received a notice from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation that states that the following Chicago-area zip codes fall in the top twenty zip codes in the nation for...

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Powers of Attorney and Real Estate Fraud

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Preventing and Resolving Identity Theft

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “[a]pproximately 16.6 million persons, or 7% of all U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of one or more incidents of identity theft in 2012....

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Public Act 98-0099 (IL)

 

Public Act 98-99 (HB 2832); Effective Date: July 19, 2013

 

Statutes Amended: 55 ILCS 5/3-5010.5 (New)

 

The purpose of this new law is expressly stated in the...

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Public Act 99-0075 (IL)

Property Fraud Alert System

 

Effective date: January 1, 2016

 

New statute: 55 ILCS 5/3-5010.10

 

The Act amends the...

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Reduce Your Exposure to Wire Fraud

Protecting Your Clients and Your Practice

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Responsibilities to the Buyer: What Brokers and Sellers Must Reveal

 

RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE BUYER: WHAT BROKERS AND SELLERS MUST...

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Stealing House?

by Frank Pellegrini

EDITOR'S NOTE: Like wire fraud, home-title fraud is on the rise. There are fraud-monitoring services available for a price, but as our author points...

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US Bank Nat. Ass'n v. Villasenor (IL)

Summary: Lender was not a bona fide mortgagee without notice of another's adverse interest in the property because it had inquiry notice.

US Bank Nat. Ass'n v....

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