Southwest Property Investment Co. and its 17 investors were defrauded of more than $2.5 million "by a totally unscrupulous and effectively bankrupt charlatan with no more moral sense than a shark has a nervous system," Southwest says of Vincent Goett in Arizona Federal Court.
Defendants include Goett's wife, Melissa; IMH Secured Loan Fund; Investors Mortgage Holdings; and Masters Developments Properties, among others.
First American Title Insurance Co. routinely overcharges homeowners for title insurance and fails to disclose that customers can save hundreds of dollars if they buy title insurance in connection with refinancing, a class action claims in Boston Federal Court.
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