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Anti-Semitic Fraudster Alex Jamieson Steps Down As Chester Town Supervisor After Pleading Guity To Fraud Anti-Semitic fraudster Alex Jamieson  pleaded guilty of making false unemployment statements .  He also  agreed to resign  as Chester town supervisor on or before his sentencing hearing on November 20th. He waived his right both to a trial and an appeal at the 15-minute hearing. New York state alleged Jamieson collected unemployment benefits while being paid as a town official. The state charged Jamieson one count of third-degree grand larceny and 22 counts of offering a false instrument for filing. However, on Tuesday he pled to a lesser charge of only two counts of the 22 false filing charges. The Anti-Semitic fraudster has been Town Supervisor since the beginning of 2014 and is finishing his first term. Prior to that, he was a Town Councilman. The state alleged Jamieson collected unemployment benefits after he became the town supervisor. Read more at MFI-Miami

Nintendo Has Been Trying To Stop Real Life Mario Go-Kart Racing In Tokyo For Years  There is some epic samurai style litigation going on right now in Tokyo. Nintendo is suing a small go-kart company for copyright infringement. The go-kart company has held the video game giant at bay for nearly 2 years. The suit revolves around the Tokyo go-kart company renting Mario  franchise -themed costumes to customers so they can race around the streets of Tokyo. The company was an especially popular service with foreign tourists. Tourists made up about 90% of its clientele. Customers only needed an international driver’s license to drive the go-kart on the street. The video game maker can finally declare victory. The owners of all things Mario prevailed in a Tokyo courtroom Thursday. The video game giant argued that the term “MariKar” is a well-known reference to its game named Mario Kart. Nintendo lawyers also argued MariCar did not have permission to use Mario character costumes co

Lawyer Mark Stopa Allegedly Scammed $5 Million Off Foreclosure Clients With Equity Skimming Scam Lawyer Mark Stopa painted himself as the foreclosure messiah after the housing crash. Thousands of distraught homeowners bought into it and hire Stopa to keep them in their homes. Lawyer Mark Stopa helped many people hold on to their homes. He also acquired millions of dollars worth of property from other clients through a years-long pattern of fraud and deception. The alleged scheme to defraud clients and mortgage lenders has had a ripple effect throughout Florida. the scam has left thousands of foreclosure cases in limbo and Stopa’s firm about to file for bankruptcy. Tampa attorney Richard Mockler has tried unsuccessfully to salvage Stopa’s law practice. He told the Tampa Bay Times: Read more at MFI-Miami

Five Reasons Why Now May Be The Right Time For Businesses To Commit Facebook Harakiri  What is Facebook Harakiri? Facebook Harakiri is when you kill your Facebook account and end your presence on the social media site. Usually, individuals who do it for various reasons. However, now may be time for businesses to seriously consider it.  I am currently considering performing Facebook Harakiri for  MFI-Miami .  Why? Month after month Facebook has been   MFI-Miami’s   worst-performing referral source for internet traffic. MFI-Miami   has over 4600 followers and over another 3000 followers on various other Facebook pages. My personal page has over 3000 friends. Yet, the MFI-Miami website has only averaged 40-50 monthly click-throughs from Facebook in the past six months. This is a 75% drop from a year ago and that was down 75%-80% from 2015.  MFI-Miami   averaged between 1500 and 2000 click-throughs from Facebook when we began marketing on the site in 2012. That steadily incr

Don’t Lose Your Home! Seniors CAN Fight Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures Like the conventional mortgage lenders before them, reverse mortgage lenders have people convinced they can’t fight reverse mortgage foreclosures. Yet, MFI-Miami has again debunked the propaganda of sleaze from the Wall Street oligarchs. Just like we did with foreclosures on conventional mortgages. MFI-Miami is also the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the experience to successfully challenge reverse mortgage foreclosures. Two Most Common Ways Reverse Mortgage Foreclosures Begin  One common way seniors find themselves in foreclosure with a reverse mortgage is if they don’t pay the property taxes. Many times they pay the taxes but the mortgage servicer doesn’t properly apply the payment to the transaction history. There are also times the mortgage servicer’s payment history doesn’t match the information from the county or local taxing authority.  The other is if only one spouse is listed as

Long Island Foreclosures Require Aggressive Long Island Foreclosure Defense Only the most aggressive Long Island foreclosure defense can stop Long Island foreclosures. Have you been served with a foreclosure summons and complaint from the New York Supreme Court? MFI-Miami may be able to help you stay in your home. MFI-Miami is taking Long Island foreclosure defense to the next level in order to fight for you.  We are the only foreclosure review experts with the strength to challenge any mortgage lender in Long Island. How do we know this? Because   we have the track record to prove it . MFI-Miami has successfully challenged arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers and brought mortgage lenders to their knees. MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert has also fought to keep 9/11 First Responders in their homes. Furthermore, he has stopped lenders from discriminating against people of African and Caribbean descent across Long Island. In addition, MFI-Miami also has access to forensic accountant

Only The Most Aggressive Tampa Bay Foreclosure Defense Can Stop Tampa Bay Foreclosures Only the most aggressive Tampa Bay foreclosure defense can stop Orlando foreclosures. MFI-Miami has created the most aggressive Tampa Bay foreclosure defense team Florida has ever seen! We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge any mortgage lender in a Tampa Bay area courtroom. Our competitors show off one or two victories but they can’t beat our track record. How do we know this? Because   we have the track record in Florida to prove it . MFI-Miami has become a lender’s worse nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of the most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers and lenders in Florida. Steve Dibert has also helped keep lenders from discriminating against Hispanics and people of African and Caribbean descent. In addition, he has helped keep combat veterans in their homes.  Read more at MFI-Miami

House Candidate Jennifer Suidan Accused Of Embezzling $100,000 From Elected Official’s Campaign Account A Michigan House candidate is accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from another politician’s campaign funds. Jennifer Suidan  allegedly embezzled more than $100,000 from Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner’s campaign account. Meisner made the allegations at a  news conference from the  Goodman Acker  law firm. Suidan worked at the law firm and was fired because of the alleged embezzlement. She worked as a nonlawyer managing the campaign funds at the law firm for Meisner and other Democrats. The prominent suburban Detroit law firm handles primarily personal injury claims. The firm also handles funds for a number of prominent Democrats. Read more at MFI-Miami

Only The Most Aggressive Orlando Foreclosure Defense Stop Orlando Foreclosures Only the most aggressive Orlando foreclosure defense can stop Orlando foreclosures. MFI-Miami has created the most aggressive Orlando foreclosure defense team Florida has ever seen! We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge any mortgage lender in an Orlando area courtroom. Our competitors show off one or two victories but they can’t beat our track record. How do we know this? Because   we have the track record in Florida to prove it . MFI-Miami has become a lender’s worse nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of the most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers and lenders in Florida. Steve Dibert has also helped keep lenders from discriminating against Hispanics and people of African and Caribbean descent. In addition, he has helped keep combat veterans in their homes.  Read more at MFI-Miami

Former Bankrate CFO Gets 10 Years In The Slammer For Cooking The Books To The Tune Of $25 Million Edward DiMaria is going to prison for 10 years. Former Bankrate  CFO Edward DiMaria  is going to prison for 10 years. The former Bankrate CFO pleaded guilty to orchestrating a fraud scheme that caused more than $25 million in shareholder losses. Bankrate is a publisher and news aggregator of personal finance content. The company also is a key lead generator for the financial services industry. DiMaria  pleaded guilty  in June to a laundry list of securities and bank fraud allegations. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make false statements to a public company’s accountants and falsify a public company’s records and accounts. He also pleaded guilty to one count of making materially false statements to the SEC. DiMaria admitted that he directed and conspired to commit a complex scheme to artificially inflate Bankrate’s earnings. He used a “cookie jar” or “cushion”

The Most Aggressive Miami Foreclosure Defense Stop Miami Foreclosures Only the most aggressive Miami foreclosure defense can stop Miami foreclosures. That is why MFI-Miami has created the most aggressive Miami foreclosure defense team South Florida has ever seen! We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge any lender in a Miami or South Florida courtroom. Our competitors show off one or two victories but they can’t beat our track record. How do we know this? Because  we have the track record in Florida to prove it .  MFI-Miami has become a lender’s worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of the most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers and lenders in South Florida. Steve Dibert has also helped keep lenders from discriminating against Hispanics and people of African and Caribbean descent. In addition, he has helped keep combat veterans in their homes.  Read more at MFI-Miami

Crackpot HUD Secretary Ben Carson Blames Deep State Socialist Perverts For Kavanaugh Controversy HUD Secretary Ben Carson believes a nefarious plot by socialist perverts is behind sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The HUD Secretary and former neurosurgeon blamed the controversy on socialists who secretly control the deep state. They don’t like what America is and what it represents and they want to change us to another system. In order to do that, there are three things they must control: the education system, the media, and the courts. The first two of those they have. The HUD Secretary who   is known for his past mental issues   praised President Trump for stopping a total take over: The other they thought they had, but it was snatched out from under their noses in November of 2016.  If you really understand the big picture of what’s going on, then what’s going on with Kavanaugh will make perfectly good sense to you. Read more at

Credit Freezes aka The Equifax Rule Allows Consumers To Put A Freeze On Who Can Pull Information  Consumers can now freeze their credit at all three of the major credit reporting agencies for free. The new rule went into effect yesterday. Industry insiders are dubbing it the “Equifax rule.” The  massive data breach  at Equifax led to a  push  to ban credit reporting agencies from charging to freeze someone’s credit. Each state had different rules about credit freezes. Some states allowed agencies to charge up to $10 to place a credit freeze. States also allowed credit agencies to charge $10 to lift the freeze. Not anymore. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act bans the practice. The act was signed into law by President Trump  earlier this year. Read more at MFI-Miami

New York City Mayor de Blasio Has Discovered A Cure For The Zombie Homes Plague In NYC! It’s lawsuits! New York State has been plagued by zombie homes in the decade since the financial crisis. Zombie homes are abandoned foreclosed homes that are owned by banks and lenders. In 2016  New York State passed a law  allowing the state and municipalities to fine lenders for not maintaining the property.  NYDFS also has the ability to slap a $500 per day fine on the lender for each property. As a result of the law, NYDFS  successfully sued PHH last year  for $119,000 for a single property in the Hudson Valley. The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development is using the law to sue Citimortgage and Wells Fargo. They are also suing three mortgage servers that represent the two lenders. The largest one being Ocwen. New York’s zombie homes law designates both lenders and their mortgage servicers as responsible parties for the safety and security of properties in foreclosur

South Florida Foreclosures Are Skyrocketing Thanks To The Florida Supreme Court South Florida Foreclosures By Numbers A new study by Attom Data Solutions  shows that South Florida foreclosures are skyrocketing.  Florida had one of the highest rates of foreclosure starts in the United States in August compared to the same period last year. The report shows one in every 1,180 households in Florida had a Lis Pendens and foreclosure action filed against it. This is a 35% increase from the same time last year. Only New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland had higher rates of foreclosure starts. The Attom study also shows the number of foreclosure starts in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach jumped 29% in August. This also is the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year spikes in foreclosure. The spike in foreclosure starts in markets such as Miami-Dade. Miami-Dade is plagued by  income inequality  and  stagnant wages  that continue to worsen. This could be a sign of a worse pr

   ATTENTION MARK STOPA FORECLOSURE CLIENTS: MFI-Miami and our partner lawyers Are Here To Help! MFI-Miami wants to help Mark Stopa foreclosure clients keep their homes. Many of these clients have been left shell-shocked by the   downfall of Mark Stopa’s law firm .  We want to help them find a new credible lawyer in their area.       Being in foreclosure is stressful enough. However, having  an attorney suspended and his office raided  by law enforcement is not the stress homeowners in foreclosure need.   Mark Stopa has left nearly   4000 clients without legal representation   in the middle of their fight to save their home. MFI-Miami finds this unacceptable. Therefore, MFI-Miami has pledged to assist any Mark Stopa foreclosure clients to find credible legal representation. So they can continue in their fight to stay in their homes.  Read more at MFI-Miami

Mark Stopa Law Firm In Chaos After FDLE Raid And Employees Quit From Stress! The Mark Stopa law firm is in utter chaos and liquidation bankruptcy filing is imminent. Stopa’s  immediate suspension in July  was only the beginning of the end of the once prominent law firm. The law firm’s office was raided by the  Florida Department of Law Enforcement in August .  The FDLE carted off boxes of files and computer files. As a result, attorneys and support staff have quit after suffering stress-related breakdowns. A liquidation bankruptcy filing is imminent. The Tampa lawyer who took over Stopa’s 4,200 pending cases said the firm is unable to make payroll or hire and train new employees. He filed and an emergency motion in a North Florida court this week. Richard Mockler wrote in the motion: The firm’s remaining attorneys cannot possibly respond to the clients’ needs or provide the representation that the firm’s clients deserve. It is unclear who will now represent the thousan

FTC Shuts Down Websites Claiming To Have “Exclusive” Access To Section 8 Rental Listings The Federal Trade Commission   shut down a series of real estate websites   in California that targeted Section 8 voucher recipients. The FTC claims the sites falsely promised “exclusive” access to rental listings in exchange for a monthly or weekly subscription fee. Steven and Kevin (Kaveh) Shayan owned four companies and operated a series of real estate websites. These sites offered prospective renters hundreds of thousands of accurate and available Section 8 listings. However, prospective renters had to pay a subscription fee to the sites. The FTC claims that the companies actually offered out-of-date listings and from properties that did not accept Section 8 vouchers. The Shayans operated LLCs under the names Apartment Hunters and Real Estate Data Solutions. They also ran Rental Home Listings and UAB Apartment Hunters. they promoted their companies on their websites, WeTakeSection8.com

Trump Tower Condo Values Continue To Plummet. Owners Panic As Values Plummet 30% In Less Than 3 Years! Owners of Trump Tower Condos feel like they have  thrown  money out the window as Trump Tower condo units continue to plummet. There is one piece of silver lining in Paul Manafort’s   deal to forfeit his real estate holdings  as part of his plea deal with   Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller .   He won’t have to wait months to sell his condo in President Trump’s signature building at a loss. Trump Tower Condo values  have been plummeting since 2015 . Property values of condominiums in New York City’s Trump Tower are dropping faster than comparable luxury high rises in Manhattan. Trump Tower condo values have plummeted by nearly 30% per square foot since 2015.   Trump Tower’s competitors   in the neighborhood have only seen an average of an 8% drop in property value. Residents have had trouble selling their apartments in a market that has soured on the Trump brand.  Read mo

Champion Porsche VP Disappears After Pocketing $2.5 Million In Deposits From Wealthy Car Buyers Shiraaz Sookrali and his wife The largest Porsche dealership in North America is facing a serious problem. Champion Porsche’s vice president of marketing, Shiraaz Sookrali has vanished without a trace. This would be a missing person case of a missing person except for one thing. Sookrali took $2.5 million in deposits from wealthy clients with him. These unsuspecting wealthy clients entrusted Sookralli to get them ultra-elite  911 GT3s  and  911 GT3 RSs . Sookrali allegedly created multiple shell companies including “Champion Autosport” and “Rampage Motors” He made fake documents to trick deep-pocketed customers into thinking that they were placing orders for a real car. His longevity and position at the Fort Lauderdale dealership gave Sookrali a good reputation to persuade these customers into making large deposits.  The deposits went straight to a Bank of America account in Autos

Core Logic Says Mortgage Application Fraud Has Skyrocketed By 12.4% In the Past Year  Core Logic has issued their new  Mortgage Fraud Report  and it’s not looking good. The report states there has been a 12.4% increase in mortgage application fraud since the second quarter of 2017. This is the  highest increase in seven years  according to the National Mortgage News. The report is based on residential mortgage applications processed by CoreLogic LoanSafe Fraud Manager. The data analyzes six indicators on a loan application. These include: Identity Income Occupancy Property Transaction Undisclosed real estate debt CoreLogic’s Principal of Fraud Solutions Strategy Bridget Berg said: Read more at MFI-Miami

Real Estate Broker Sentenced to Prison for Role in Defrauding Banks in $3.5 Million Mortgage Shotgunning Scheme New York real estate broker Michael Arroyo and a  Bergen County homeowner Rafael Popoteur   are going to prison. The court sentenced the pair for their respective roles in a $3.5 million mortgage shotgunning scheme. Arroyo and Popoteur used false information and simultaneous loan applications at multiple banks to obtain HELOC loans. This type of bank fraud is referred to as “mortgage shotgunning.” The court sentenced Arroyo to 21 months in prison. He previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud in Newark federal court. The court sentenced Rafael Popoteur to three years of supervised release. The order also includes one year of house arrest. He previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Read more at MFI-Miami