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Two mortgage firms were accused of telling elderly property owners they would received up-front cash for their land, but paid in trickles or forced them to accept lower amounts of money. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit against Enhance Mortgage Corporation and Templeton Mortgage...

Illinois' attorney general is suing a company for allegedly operating debt relief and mortgage rescue scams that targeted the Chicago area's sizable Polish community - allegedly bilking more than a dozen customers out of $300,000. Attorney General Lisa Madigan said the Omega Business Center...

A government task force investigating the foreclosure crisis may meet with mortgage lenders as soon as today, Bloomberg News reported. Attorneys general in all 50 states are investigating claims that lenders used flawed paperwork to foreclose on hundreds of thousands of homes. Sponsored...

The "robo-signers" at banks who signed thousands of foreclosure-related documents were essentially lying under oath. But perhaps even worse were the lawyers involved: They're the ones who should have known better and put an end to the practice -- but didn't.

Counterfeit and phony checks are a bane to consumers and businesses alike. But one state has come up with a way to keep folks informed about these attempts to rip off people and stores. The New Mexico Attorney General's Office created a database to help consumers identify counterfeit checks they...

Identity thieves always look for ways to steal your personal information. It seems like hardly a week goes by without hearing about a major data theft or of people who've become victims of this type of crime. So, how do you protect yourself? Here are a dozen tips courtesy of several attorneys...

BuzzOff, a distributor of mosquito-repellent misting devices, and its Massachusetts dealer have agreed to resolve charges that they violated state consumer protection laws by misrepresenting the safety and effectiveness of their product, Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office recently...

Complaints about bogus sweepstakes are rising at rates not seen before in Ohio, says the state's Attorney General, with senior citizens the lead target. The office received more than 900 sweepstakes complaints since January of this year, surpassing total yearly complaints for the last two years....

The New York attorney general's office has launched what it's calling a "major fraud investigation" into whether life insurance companies are putting clients' money into potentially risky accounts to earn higher interest for themselves.

A dedicated team of prosecutors will be going after large-scale foreign corruption, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Sunday. Main Justice reports this effort comes on top of the stepped-up prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.