by Calculated Risk on 7/23/2009 09:22:00 PM

From Matt Padilla at the O.C. Register: DA raids Ladera homes tied to alleged loan-aid scam

Investigators with the Orange County District Attorney early Thursday morning searched three Ladera Ranch homes tied to an alleged foreclosure rescue scam.
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Attorney General Jerry Brown last week said he has filed suit against the men for allegedly charging homeowners $4,000 in upfront fees and then failing to get them cheaper payments on their home loans.
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Earlier in the week District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told a group of community leaders his office is expanding investigations into real estate fraud.

Elizabeth Henderson, an assistant DA who spoke at the same event in Garden Grove, said 30% of the cases handled by the office’s major fraud unit are tied to real estate, up from an average 10% in past years ...

“We want to send people to jail,” she said.

Once again some of these scamsters are former subprime mortgage brokers. I bet many people hope Ms. Henderson is successful!