November 10, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
DALLAS, TX - November 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today took legal action to obtain restitution for a fraudulent “mortgage rescue” firm’s victims.
October 31, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, TX - October 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged Fern Hernandez Realty, Inc., with defrauding Hispanic home buyers. The state’s enforcement action names the corporation; its owner, real estate broker Jose Fernando “Fern” Hernandez and his wife, Odessa S. Hernandez.
June 15, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, TX - June 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today welcomed state and local authorities, law enforcement officials, prosecutors and other interested Texans to the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG) Mortgage Fraud Summit.
June 1, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
HOUSTON, TX - June 1, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged O’Connor & Associates, which purports to be the state’s largest property tax consultant, with violating the Texas Property Tax Code and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
May 15, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
HOUSTON, TX - May 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — A Harris County district judge froze several Houston firms’ assets after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott charged the companies with running foreclosure “rescue” scams.
March 13, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
SAN ANTONIO, TX - March 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today announced the conclusion of the state’s enforcement action against Foreclosure Assistance Solutions (FAS). As a result of an agreement, the Florida-based company must no longer engage in the foreclosure mitigation business in Texas and has paid more than $390,000 in restitution to 351 Texas homeowners.
March 6, 2009 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
Fraudulent companies cheat Texans out of the American Dream of homeownership
Austin, TX - March 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Tough economic times bring out criminals seeking to take advantage of the desperate or unwary.
December 10, 2008 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, TX - December 10, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Craig Estes (Wichita Falls) announced a legislative initiative that will help protect Texas homeowners from foreclosure rescue scams. If enacted, the proposal would enhance the Attorney General’s enforcement authority, provide new protections for homeowners, and place new restrictions […]
October 23, 2008 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
New state law would give borrowers 45-day window to cure mortgage defaults
AUSTIN, TX - October 23, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today proposed a legislative initiative aimed at improving the state’s foreclosure process and helping Texas homeowners stay in their homes.
Attorney General Abbott recommended state legislators consider enacting the Texas Foreclosure […]
June 16, 2008 Posted by Attorney General Greg Abbott
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today resolved the state’s enforcement action against a residential property management company accused of misrepresenting lease terms at several rental properties in Travis County.
According to court documents, Rainier Management, Ltd., stopped paying its tenants’ natural gas utilities, trash pick-up and cable services in January 2008 despite verbal or […]