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Texas Man Convicted In Mortgage Rescue Scam
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 24, 2012
by Brian Mahany
American ingenuity - it can be used for good purposes or evil. Frederic Gladle of Austin, Texas is behind bars tonight because he chose the latter. The story of his crime is quite fascinating.
Everyone knows someone who has lost their home to a foreclosure or is dangerously close to one. The number of [...]
Author of “Bulletproof Asset Protection” Indicted!
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 22, 2012
by Brian Mahany
William Reed is a former lawyer and the author of the book titled “Bulletproof Asset Protection.” As of July 2011 he can add an indictment to his resume. The feds have charged Reed with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Money Laundering Conspiracy and multiple counts of Aggravated Identity Theft, Mail Fraud, Wire [...]
Adopting Your Girlfriend To Avoid Wrongful Death Claim? Epic Fail
Posted by admin in Legal Malpractice on February 17, 2012
by Brian Mahany
Who says creativity and ingenuity are dead? Don’t tell John Goodman of Palm Beach, Florida. In what has to be one of the most bizarre and brazen attempts to avoid creditors, Goodman adopted his 42 year old girlfriend making her his daughter. Why? Ah, that’s the best part of the story.
While some might [...]
Another Convicted Lawyer Suspended… But Only After 4th Conviction
Posted by admin in Legal Malpractice on February 10, 2012
by Brian Mahany
Yesterday the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended St. Croix Falls lawyer Walsh Brandt’s license to practice law. He is ineligible to practice for the next four months. Afterwards, he must undergo any necessary monitoring and treatment for alcohol dependency. Everyone in society can suffer from alcoholism - we have seen lawyers, doctors, police officers [...]
How You Can Join The Anti Fraud Team And Get Paid Too!
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 4, 2012
by Joe Bird
You hear about it all too often. Your neighbors tell you about schemes they heard about run by “those guys” or unnamed friends to make lots of easy money. Sometimes it a boast at a party or social event about making millions by evading taxes or calling something it is not and just [...]
Health Care Fraudster Busted
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 3, 2012
by Brian Mahany
Health care fraud costs the government and taxpayers billions of dollars. It is anything but a victimless crime. Fraud means higher insurance premiums causing some people to go without medical care. Because the federal government funds much of health care, taxes also go up when Medicare money is used to pay false claims. [...]
The Bully Behind the Curtain
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on February 3, 2012
by Joe Bird
Like many of you, at Mahany & Ertl we routinely encounter bullies and trash talkers. So often in the world of fraud, those who protest and threaten the loudest are the biggest frauds and bullies. As in the Wizard of Oz, they just need a determined canine of modest proportions [...]
Zealous Legal Advocacy or Criminal Conspiracy?
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 29, 2012
by Brian Mahany
A recent Reuters article sheds light on how Sir Allen Stanford was able to avoid detection and arrest for well over a decade. When finally arrested in 2009, Stanford was believed to have presided over one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever - $7 billion in misappropriated funds. Unlike the Madoff case where much [...]
The Real Victim of Political Stalemate? The American Consumer
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 14, 2012
by Wassim Malas, JD, LLM
Despite the “I’m right and you’re wrong” rhetoric commonly heard in the political arena, most decisions by government officials probably lie somewhere between the two, at least when assessed from strictly objective principles. Richard Cordray’s appointment as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is no different. [...]
Priest Candidate Asked To Leave Seminary Over Allied Fraud Case
Posted by admin in Fraud Recovery on January 14, 2012
by Brian Mahany
By now, most of our readers know that our firm is co-counsel with the United States government in the largest federal false claims fraud case brought against the mortgage industry - Allied Home Mortgage and its owner, Jim Hodge. Every large case involves all kinds of unexpected twists, turns and collateral actions. Our [...]
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