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Southern California Police Bust Two Women Operating a Nationwide IRS Robocall Scam  Law enforcement in Southern California have confirmed that they have busted two women running an IRS robocall scam. Police in the LA suburb of Fontana claim they have confiscated $1 million in electronics and gift cards from the two women. California authorities had been investigating Ailing Lu and Ji Hyun Lee as part of a nationwide IRS robocall scam. Police said the scam involves possibly hundreds of victims. Investigators claim the accused scammers also used fear to force victims to comply with their demands. Police Officer Richard Guerrero says he was amazed at all of the electronics that were confiscated. He told NBC4 In Los Angeles: We have things from iPads to iWatches to cameras. Law enforcement alleges the suspects randomly called people claiming they were from the IRS. Read more at MFI-Miami

Is Low-Level Fort Lauderdale Drug Dealer And Wannabe Pimp Jeremy Lionel Miller aka Tin-Man A Rat? Jeremy Lionel Miller aka Tin-Man Palm Beach County cops confirm they  arrested wannabe drug dealer and pimp  Jeremy Lionel Miller aka Tin-Man at the end of July. Tin-Man was a fixture of the South Fort Lauderdale drug scene. That was until Fort Lauderdale Police rounded up all the drug addicts and dealers preying on tourists in June.  The raids and busts were the result of an  MFI-Miami article  that was posted June 7th. The article detailed who the dealers and the addicts were. MFI-Miami also exposed where they were located and how they operated.  The  MFI-Miami article  caused a public outcry and caught the attention of foreign governments. Foreign governments who have deep economic ties to Florida contacted the US State Department and the State of Florida.  Their involvement pressured  Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis  and the Fort Lauderdale Police into action. The cra

MFI-Miami Is Here To Help Striking General Motors-UAW Members With Their Mortgage Lender During The Strike MFI-Miami  is here to help striking General Motors-UAW members. I am offering  MFI-Miami’s  services at cost to any striking General Motors-UAW members who may be having issues with their mortgage lender. We are also offering free 45 minute consultations to General Motors-UAW members affected by the strike. For the last century, the UAW has been at the forefront of making the lives of all Americans better. It’s our time to help you deal with your mortgage lender. I want to make sure your focus is on your fight to win back the concessions you agreed to take because of the great recession and GM’s bankruptcy. The last thing you need to be worrying about is a foreclosure on the horizon or your lender jerking you around.  Believe it or not, lenders don’t care that you are sacrificing to improve everyone’s lives. Lenders also don’t care that you have to drive hundreds of

The Planet Home Lending Hotline Arms You With The Firepower To Fight A Planet Home Lending Foreclosure!  MFI-Miami has created a Planet Home Lending Hotline to put you in touch with our Planet Home Lending foreclosure defense team. The team's focus is solely on helping homeowners develop strategies to fight Planet Home Lending!  We are also the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge Planet Home Lending. Our competitors show off one or two victories against Planet Home Lending. They can't beat our track record. How do we know this? We have the 10-year track record   to prove it!  MFI-Miami's Planet Home Lending hotline and foreclosure defense team is Planet Home Lending's worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of their most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers. The Planet Home Lending Hotline Can Help You Save Your Home! Call 888.737.6344 Today MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert h

HOA Litigation Doesn’t Have To Stress You Out About Selling Your Home. However, You Need To Play It Right There’s nothing that throws a wrench into your plans to sell your home like lingering HOA litigation. Believe it or not, lawsuits involving  homeowners associations  have prevented thousands of homeowners from selling their homes.  The Community Associations Institute estimates there are 345,000 to 347,000 community associations in the United States as of 2017. Thus, nearly 26.3 million households and roughly 69 million  residents live under homeowners associations. Most HOA litigation stems from unpaid member dues or spats between board members. Litigation can also stem from construction defects from the original developer or a contractor who worked on the project. It’s the litigation over construction that makes lenders and sellers nervous. Read more at MFI-Miami

The Freedom Mortgage Hotline Arms You With The Firepower To Fight A Freedom Mortgage Foreclosure! Call 888.737.6344 MFI-Miami has created a Freedom Mortgage Hotline to put you in touch with our Freedom Mortgage foreclosure defense team. The team's focus is solely on helping homeowners develop strategies to fight Freedom Mortgage!  We are also the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge Freedom Mortgage. Our competitors show off one or two victories against Freedom Mortgage. They can't beat our track record. How do we know this? We have the 10-year track record  to prove it!  MFI-Miami's Freedom Mortgage hotline and foreclosure defense team is Freedom Mortgage's worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of their most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers. The Freedom Mortgage Hotline Can Help You Save Your Home! Call 888.737.6344 Today MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert has also developed a

Former Champion Porsche VP Pleads Guilty To $3 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Non-Existent Porsche Models It seems as if former Champion Porsche VP, Shiraaz Sookralli will be going to prison for a long time. The former Champion Porsche VP  pleaded guilty for operating a fraud scheme  on September 13, 2019. Sookralli created bogus sales orders of non-existent exotic Porsche models to over 30 customers throughout the United States. Champion Porsche and federal investigator originally believed Sookralli only scammed $2.2 million from customers. However, final accounting shows the amount to be closer to $3 million. Federal prosecutors indicted Sookralli in April. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.  As a result, the court has scheduled Sookralli for sentencing on November 14, 2019.  He faces a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison. Read more at MFI-Miami

Real Estate Scavengers Swarm To The Bahamas Looking For Deals From Traumatized Hurricane Dorian Victims Hurricane Dorian wrecked countless homes and businesses in the northern Bahamas. Now real estate scavengers from Europe and the United States are swarming to the Bahamas. Colin Lightbourn, Manager of Engel & Volkers’ Bahamas office in Nassau told the Sun-Sentinel: We’ve surprisingly had several calls. People are asking if there is anybody selling properties in any of those cays and to keep them on our list. They say, ‘I don’t want to sound heartless, but if any properties come up, I’m a buyer.’ Read more at MFI-Miami

The Mr. Cooper Mortgage Hotline Arms You With The Firepower To Fight A Mr. Cooper Mortgage Foreclosure MFI-Miami has created a Mr. Cooper Mortgage Hotline to put you in touch with our Mr. Cooper Mortgage foreclosure defense team. The team's focus is solely on helping homeowners develop strategies to fight Mr. Cooper Mortgage!  We are also the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge Mr. Cooper Mortgage. Our competitors show off one or two victories against Mr. Cooper Mortgage. They can't beat our track record. How do we know this? We have the 10-year track record   to prove it!  MFI-Miami's Mr. Cooper Mortgage hotline and foreclosure defense team is Carrington's worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of their most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers. Mr. Cooper Hotline Can Help You Save Your Home! Call 888.737.6344 Today MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert has also developed a reputation fo

Communist Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders AKA Comrade Bernie Proposes 25% House Flipping Plan Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders aka Comrade Bernie  unveiled  a new plan that would throw the entire American housing sector into chaos.  Comrade Bernie wants to tax properties he deems as “flips” with a 25% tax. The self-described socialist believes a tax like this will solve America’s affordable housing crisis. Sanders proposed this just one day after President Trump made headlines when he  criticized  the problem of homelessness in California. Sanders is running for President of the United States for a second time. He also hopes to challenge President Trump in 2020 as the Democratic presidential nominee. Read more at MFI-Miami

The Citadel Servicing Helpline Arms You With The Firepower To Fight A Citadel Servicing Foreclosure MFI-Miami has created a Citadel Servicing Helpline to put you in touch with our Citadel Servicing foreclosure defense team. The team's focus is solely on helping homeowners develop strategies to fight Citadel Servicing!  We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge Citadel Servicing. Our competitors show off one or two victories against Citadel Servicing. They can't beat our track record. How do we know this? We have the 10-year track record  to prove it!  MFI-Miami's Citadel Servicing helpline and foreclosure defense team is Bayview's worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of their most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers. MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert has developed a reputation for staring down the Wall Street banks. He has even humiliated Citadel's lawyers and made their

Boiler Room Operators Scammed Elderly Investors Out Of $147 Million In Pump And Dump Scam Boiler room operators Ronald Hardy and Dennis Verderosa are going to prison. The federal court in New York has sentenced Hardy to 10 years in prison and Verderosa to 6 years in prison. The two ran a $147 million pump and dump scheme that defrauded investors in publicly traded companies. Hardy was a manager of a boiler room operation. Dennis Verderosa was a cold-caller and account executive at the boiler room. Between January 2014 and July 2017, Hardy and 15 co-defendants ran a pump and dump scheme that defrauded investors in publicly traded companies by artificially inflating the price and trading volume of stock of the companies. They also mislead victim investors about the company’s potential profitability. Several of the boiler room operators controlled stock in the manipulated companies. As a result, they profited while the victim investors lost millions of dollars after the stock

Former Mulholland Group CFO Kwesi Bovell Pleads Guilty to Muli-Million Dollar Embezzlement  Former CFO of the Mulholland Group pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud. Kwesi Bovell after allegedly embezzling $3.5 million during his three-year tenure as CFO of the Mulholland Group LLC. Mulholland Group hired Bovell as CFO in 2015. Mulholland Group officials notified the government of irregularities in Bovell’s use of the company’s platinum American Express card. Bovell charged $145,000 in expenditures for personal items. Mulholland Group gave Bovell signature authority to use multiple company accounts as the CFO. Mulholland is a real estate firm with properties across the country. Read more at MFI-Miami

Former NYPD Officer Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Tax Records And Not Reporting Six-Figure Income Former NYPD Officer Alfred Feratovic pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to tax fraud last week. The former NYPD officer fraudulently under-reported his income to the IRS between 2012 and 2017. Federal prosecutors say Feratovic was an officer for the NYPD at the time.  Federal authorities arrested Feratovic in June. He pleaded guilty today to aiding the preparation of fraudulent tax returns before United States District Judge Ronnie Abrams. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Berman said:  Alfred Feratovic admitted today that while enforcing the laws as an NYPD officer, he was violating the law himself by falsifying his tax records and failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income.   Read more at MFI-Miami

MFI-Miami Is Here To Help WTC First Responders And Ground Zero Workers With Their Mortgage Lender Police officer Mike Brennan helps woman right after the first tower went down. Picture Joey Newfield, New York Post MFI-Miami is here to help WTC First Responders or all Ground Zero workers. I am offering MFI-Miami’s services at cost to any first responders or Ground Zero workers affected by 9/11 related illnesses. You sacrificed for New York. It’s our time to help you deal with your mortgage lender. I want to make sure your focus is on your health and family not worrying about a foreclosure on the horizon or your lender jerking you around. Nor should you have to worry your mortgage lender jerking you around.  Believe it or not, lenders don’t care that you sacrificed your health or your life to save people. Lenders also don’t care that you spent weeks or months away from your family at Ground Zero forced to breathing in toxic fumes to give families of the deceased closure. They

Police Arrest Pennsylvania Couple After Spending $120,000 BB&T Bank Accidently Deposited In Their Account A Pennsylvania couple has learned  Finders Keepers v. Losers Weepers  is not a valid criminal defense. Nor is it even a real court case. The couple is facing prison after  they spent $120,000  that BB&T Bank placed in their account.  Pennsylvania state police say Robert and Tiffany Williams  accidentally had $120,000 deposited into their account at BB&T  on May 31st. after a teller made a mistake. However, Williams never contacted the bank about the deposit. Instead, the couple allegedly spent most of the money on a Kardashian style shopping spree. All in two and a half weeks, between June 3 through June 19. The couple blew through their windfall on things like a new SUV and four-wheel off-road vehicles. They also bought a race car and a camper.  Read More At MFI-Miami

New York Real Estate Progeny Marc Menowitz Accused Of Sexual Harassment By Two Different Women Marc Menowitz allegedly asked female employees to take pictures of themselves in dressing rooms of Victoria’s Secret. New York Real Estate progeny Marc Menowitz is accused of soliciting dirty photos from two female workers. He also hit on them repeatedly and retaliated when they rejected his advances according to multiple lawsuits. Alice Vysata and Kinga Tabares  filed sexual harassment suits  against Marc Menowitz in Los Angeles. the New York Real Estate progeny is the grandson of Harold Menowitz Harold Menowitz was a successful New York developer who built residential and commercial buildings in Brooklyn and Queens in the 1950s. Menowitz Management, which Marc now runs with his younger brother, owns and manages more than 2 million square feet across New York state, including an office building next to the Queens Center mall in Elmhurst. Read more at MFI-Miami

The Select Portfolio Servicing Helpline Gives The Power To Select Portfolio Servicing In A Choke Hold! MFI-Miami has created a Select Portfolio Servicing Helpline to put you in touch with our Caliber Home Loans foreclosure defense team. The team's focus is solely on helping homeowners develop strategies to fight Select Portfolio Servicing!  We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge Select Portfolio Servicing. Our competitors show off one or two victories against Select Portfolio Servicing. They can't beat our track record. How do we know this? We have the 10-year track record  to prove it!  MFI-Miami's Select Portfolio Servicing helpline and foreclosure defense team is SPS's worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of their most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers. MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert has developed a reputation for staring down the Wall Street banks. He has even

The Caliber Home Loans Helpline Gives You The Tools To Put Caliber Home Loans In A Choke Hold! MFI-Miami has created a Caliber Home Loans Helpline to put you in touch with our Caliber Home Loans foreclosure defense team. The team's focus is solely on helping homeowners develop strategies to fight Caliber Home Loans!  We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge Caliber Home Loans. Our competitors show off one or two victories against Caliber Home Loans. They can't beat our track record. How do we know this? We have the 10-year track record  to prove it!  MFI-Miami's Caliber Home Loans helpline and foreclosure defense team is Caliber's worst nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of their most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers. MFI-Miami CEO Steve Dibert has developed a reputation for staring down the Wall Street banks. He has even humiliated Caliber's lawyers and made the

Top 100 Largest Landowners Of Private Property Own Roughly 40 Million Acres Equalling 2% Of The Country’s Total Land Bloomberg  is reporting Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is among the top 100 largest landowners of private property nationwide. The news outlet relied on data compiled by the Land Report. The list of the 100 largest landowners also includes Ted Turner and Stan Kroenke. Kroenke owns the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams among other teams. That rarefied list of the top 100 largest landowners shows they own roughly 40 million acres. This is about 2% of the country’s total land. This also is a jump from a decade ago. In 2009, the top 100 largest landowners had fewer than 30 million acres. Bezos is the founder of Amazon and the world’s wealthiest person. He has acquired about 420,000 acres of land over the last 20 years. However, that also pales in comparison to billionaire and Liberty Media chairman  John Malone’s  2.20 million acres. Read more at MFI-Miami

Deadbeat Tenant Played Dead To Avoid Paying Rent. Now He’s Sitting In Jail. A deadbeat tenant in Maine played dead to fool his landlord. The landlord called the cops and the deadbeat tenant and he was later arrested. Cops discovered the deadbeat was very much alive. They also found Zarins conscious and responsive and not in need of medical assistance. However, police also discovered he had an outstanding warrant. As a result, Ted Zarins is now residing in Aroostook County Jail near the Canadian border according to  Bangor Daily News . The 28-year-old man had reportedly fallen behind on rent. He played possum for several months when his landlord came to collect. A Fort Kent police officer and a state trooper responded to the man’s apartment after the unidentified landlord phoned authorities. Read more at MFI-Miami

New York Police Bust Fake Landlord Scam That Fleeced Hundreds Of People There are a number of fake landlord scams out there. Some of the scams are unique, some are brazen and some are just dumb. Like a typical fake landlord, Ricardo Gonzalez of Tarrytown, New York thought he had the perfect scam until New York cops busted him. The New York man posed as a real estate broker and falsely advertising apartments for rent bilking thousands of dollars from prospective renters. Gonzalez put a unique spin on his fake landlord scam. He allegedly contacted landlords and told them he had friends interested in available units. He would then convince them to give him access to the properties. Read more at MFI-Miami

Elderly Harlem Homeowner Giselle Allard’s Mortgage Balloons From $100,000 To $7 Million  An elderly Harlem homeowner who owns four Harlem brownstones may end up homeless. All because of the massive debt on one of the properties that ballooned beyond control. What began as a $100,000 mortgage 20 years ago on a dirt-cheap piece of property along a crime-ridden neighborhood has escalated to the most ludicrous of debt at more than $7 million. Now Giselle Allard is being forced to sell at least some of her properties to pay off the astronomical debt. Allard told the Daily News: They want to take over everything I have. It’s sad. I’m in the process of being homeless over a debt that was not addressed properly. At issue is a brownstone Allard bought in 1998 for $135,000 at 50 E. 126 Street. The Harlem homeowner put $35,000 down and reached an agreement directly with the owner, Robert Robinson, to pay the rest, $100,000, over the next 10 years. Read more at MFI-Miami Sh