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An Ohio man is accused of telling people he was collecting money for homeless shelters and veteran's organizations and spending the money on his personal bills. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray says Michael Muhammad told people that money he collected for two organizations, "Help Homeless...

One major battleground over how robo-signed documents will be treated is the courtroom of Ohio state court judge Nancy Margaret Russo. She had ordered GMAC to appear before her on Monday to provide her with "proof of integrity of all documents submitted" in a foreclosure case. The proof was needed because GMAC filed the case against James Renfro using documents executed by the infamous robo-signer Jeffrey Stephan. Since the issues weren't resolved on Monday, Russo ordered swift but significant discovery and scheduled a full hearing on February 17, 2011.

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 state of Ohio filed a lawsuit against GMAC Mortgage, alleging that the lender used fraudulent affidavits and documents to mislead courts in proceedings related to home foreclosures. Attorney General Richard Cordray said GMAC Mortgage's parent Ally Financial had taken actions that raise...

West Virginia consumers that were charged fees by an Ohio debt collector trying to collect on delinquent tuition payments can now get a refund through the state attorney general's office. The refunds are part of a May 20 settlement between National Enterprise Systems and the state to end a...

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....

You don't need the U.S. Misery Index to tell you that things are bad in the U.S. Unemployment is near or at all-time highs in many parts of the country, foreclosures continue to happen at unprecedented rates and there are some very real indicators that we are heading toward a double-dip recession....

The Ohio Attorney General warns of a scam that tries to lure victims with the promise of federal grant money in exchange for an upfront fee. Bogus notifications of the grants have occurred in Ohio more than a dozen times since early June, via e-mail, letter or phone call. In a public statement,...

Ohio's Attorney General sued a financial company in a nearby state saying it defrauded people out of thousands of dollars in upfront fees. After receiving 89 complaints about Illinois-based American Escrow, Ohio wants civil penalties and restitution for consumers it says were charged $250 in...

The Ohio Attorney General's office has asked a court for permission to seize donations made to the U.S. Navy Veterans Association charity, whose home state of Florida is trying to shut it down, and whose founder disappeared after revelations that he made significant political donations to...