Homeowners allege fraud in refinancing of mortgage – Confidential Settlement 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: May 16, 2011
Tags: Consumer Protection, Federal Courts, Fraud
Plaintiff homeowners refinanced their pre-existing mortgage in 2007 with a new loan from defendant lender. Plaintiffs alleged that they requested a new mortgage without mortgage insurance and were promised orally and in writing that the new loan would not have mortgage insurance. Importantly, plaintiffs had sufficient equity in their home to get a loan that [...]
Bookkeeper charged with $500K theft from law firm
By Peter Vieth
Published: April 4, 2011
Tags: Fraud, Law Firms
A Virginia Beach law firm is the alleged victim of more than $500,000 in thefts by its former bookkeeper. Police say a former employee of Bennett and Zydron PC, Diana L. Farmer-Forston, is accused of depositing forged checks into her own accounts. She initially was charged with forging checks amounting to approximately $320,000, but a [...]
Lawyers suffer parables of unfaithful servants
By Peter Vieth
Published: March 3, 2011
Tags: Fraud
A pair of Virginia lawyers felt the painful sting of dishonest employees in cases now coming to light through the criminal justice system. A Hanover County lawyer was out more than $4,500 when a newly hired paralegal conned him into writing checks based on a phony trust account deposit. A Salem lawyer saw his bank [...]
Foot surgery case reinstated on fraud claim against podiatrist
By Peter Vieth
Published: March 2, 2011
Tags: Federal Courts, Fraud, Judge Clyde H. Hamilton, Judge Dennis W. Shedd, Judge James C. Turk, Judge Robert B. King
A $2.35-million lawsuit over failed foot surgery, rejected by a Roanoke federal judge as an artful attempt to evade the statute of limitations, is alive again after an appeals court panel took a sharply different view of claims that a podiatrist intentionally hid information from his patient. The Feb. 24 unpublished per curiam decision from [...]
Debtor undervalued jewelry, is denied discharge
By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 1, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy, Federal Courts, Fraud, Real Estate
A former Northern Virginia real estate salesman facing nearly $50 million in claims from disappointed investors lost his bid for a bankruptcy discharge by hiding the value of his jewelry, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. Mark A. Jalajel is one of two former owners of the bankrupt Total Realty Management, a Woodbridge firm that bought [...]
Bank back in hot water?
By Peter Vieth
Published: October 12, 2010
Tags: Banks & Banking, Federal Courts, Fraud, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee
A lawyer’s dogged efforts to find evidence linking Bank of America employees to shady Carolina land sales may have landed him in trouble with a federal judge, but the evidence he uncovered has breathed new life into claims against the bank by 88 Virginia real estate investors. Based on evidence from e-mails allegedly procured through [...]
Fraud alleged in sale of Shelby Cobra prototype – Defense Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: September 27, 2010
Tags: Contract, Fauquier County Circuit Court, Fraud, Judge Jeffrey W. Parker, Million-Dollar Defense Verdicts
Shelby American Inc. is a high-performance sports car manufacturer located in Las Vegas and the maker of Shelby Cobras and Shelby Mustangs. In 2006, its president, Amy Boylan, contracted with Richard J. Martin of Fauquier County to sell him one of the company’s prototypes of the 2007 Shelby GT. The 2007 Shelby GT program was [...]
Fraud – RICO – Yoga & Health Center
By Deborah Elkins
Published: September 22, 2010
Tags: Fraud, Judge Anthony J. Trenga, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses RICO claims filed by a plaintiff who alleges he was systematically indoctrinated and defrauded over the course of a year by defendants acting through a network of affiliated entities controlled by defendant, the network’s spiritual leader. Plaintiff fails to state a claim as to RICO counts one under 18 [...]
Purchaser pierces corporate veil to recover damages from fraud – $843,571 Verdict
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: September 6, 2010
Tags: Fairfax County Circuit Court, Fraud, Judge Bruce D. White
Plaintiff alleged that Tufail Mirza and his company, TM Mortgage Corporation, as well as his son, Adnan Mirza, engaged in fraud by claiming that there was no lien on a property being sold by Adnan. In the transaction, Adnan acted not only as the selling real estate agent through his company, American Eagle Realty, but [...]
Fraud – Pilot Unions – RICO – Built-In End Point
By Deborah Elkins
Published: August 3, 2010
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fraud, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz
The 4th Circuit affirms dismissal of one airline pilots’ union’s RICO lawsuit against another pilots’ union; plaintiff union has failed to state a RICO claim with allegations that defendants have engaged in racketeering activity in order to achieve a single goal: to destroy the plaintiff union and render it incapable of discharging its legal duty [...]
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