When a scammer stole her house through a fraudulent quitclaim deed, Robin Mobley, of Dayton, was left feeling blindsided, in ...

The FBI has released a list of helpful tips for both homeowners and real estate brokers to avoid quitclaim deed fraud. For property owners, either of land or homes, they suggest: • Monitoring ...

Eugenia Thornton is the Kent County recorder of deeds. And while Delaware law requires a licensed attorney for most real estate transactions involving collateral, scammers are exploiting a loophole ...

And while Delaware law requires a licensed attorney for most real estate transactions involving collateral, scammers are exploiting a loophole through quitclaim deeds. These legal documents allow ...

In a recent opinion and order, the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Illinois denied a secured lender’s motion for relief from ...

One local homeowner is celebrating a legal victory after her property was stolen through a fake deed. 2 NEWS has been ...

Longtime co-host Steve Doocy announced this week he is stepping away from the “Fox & Friends” morning show and relocating to ...

Since that case and others in Massachusetts made headlines, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a warning about what it calls “home title theft” or “quitclaim deed fraud,” referring ...

The Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which provides the public with a means of reporting internet-facilitated crimes, does not have specific statistics solely for quit claim deed fraud.

Home title theft hinges on forged or fraudulent quit claim deeds. Once recorded with a ... it is tracked under the broader category of real estate crimes. From 2019 to 2023, more than 58,000 ...

The nearly 2,600-square-foot home with four bedrooms and a pool was quitclaim-deeded to a land ... Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. The online real estate brokerage Redfin estimates its current ...