Tag: mortgage

The Basics of Mortgage Fraud

The Basics of Mortgage Fraud

4 Comments April 26, 2010

In monitoring fraud activity across the United States, it has been no surprise to see so much attention to and interest in mortgage related frauds.  Among the myriad of mortgage fraud schemes that exist, they generally fall into one of two categories, depending on their intended purpose: for property (i.e. housing) or for profit. Fraud [...]

March 2010 American Private Investigator Podcast: Property Titles and Indigent Criminal Defense

March 2010 American Private Investigator Podcast: Property Titles and Indigent Criminal Defense

0 Comments March 5, 2010

The March 2010 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, digs into property title forensics research methods and the types of patterns typically revealed, ISPLA’s recent activity with indigent criminal defense issues, positive feedback on ISPLA’s liability insurance program, coverage of the recent NALI Midwinter Conference, upcoming industry event dates and [...]

Property Title Forensics

Property Title Forensics

4 Comments January 7, 2010

Real estate title records are a valuable source of investigative intelligence. By going beyond a simple “title search”, an investigator can discover factual data and intangible patterns which cannot be found elsewhere. True title research goes beyond just a database search of online or electronic title records. Obtaining the actual physical documents for examination takes [...]