Several Maui residents whose homes were raided by the FBI in April 2009 as part of an investigation into an alleged illegal mortgage loan assistance program have appealed to the 9th Circuit Court to overturn a series of court rulings that have allowed the government to retain money, documents and other property seized during the [...]
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A Maui woman at the center of an alleged mortgage scam targeting Hawaiian homeowners is now demanding over $50 million in damages from the federal government. Mahealani Ventura-Oliver, whose home was one of several raided on April 7, 2009 by the FBI as part of its investigation of a mortgage fraud scheme, has filed documents [...]
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You’re heard the term “con man”. The term doesn’t derive from the term “convict”, as some believe, but from “confidence man”, meaning someone who swindles his or her victim after gaining their confidence. Often the con man (or woman) targets specific groups they are part of–a church, a neighborhood, an ideological group, etc. This works [...]
