Disbarred lawyer hit with $700K verdict for defrauding homeowner

By Alan Cooper
Published: May 27, 2010

Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Real Estate, Scams

A Fairfax County Circuit Court jury has returned verdicts totaling almost $700,000 for a woman who contended that she had been scammed by a disbarred lawyer who was operating fraudulent mortgage modification and debt counseling businesses. The verdicts may be just the beginning of trouble for Howard R. Shmuckler, who has been indicted in federal court ...

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