The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning in April about an unprecedented increase in quitclaim deed fraud. A quitclaim deed is a legal document that transfers ...

Deed fraud is a type of identity theft. A criminal identifies a potential home to target — often a second home, rental, ...

A quitclaim deed is a legal document used to transfer ownership interest in a property without it being sold. They are often used in transactions between people who know each other well — a parent ...

CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella urges real estate owners to be diligent amid reports of quit claim deed fraud in New Hampshire. Deed fraud occurs when scammers forge documents in order to ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The second person in the Love Has Homes quit-claim deed fraud case has been sentenced to 3 to 4.5 years in prison after being convicted of theft and forgery. Prosecuting Attorney ...

April 1 (UPI) --U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation officials in Massachusetts are warning the public about a "steady" uptick in fraud relating to quit claim deeds in the New England region. "Folks ...

The FBI in Boston reports that between 2019 and 2023, New Hampshire homeowners were scammed out of more than $4 million in quit claim deed fraud. Quit claim deeds transfer an owner’s interest in a ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Now that one suspect is in custody and another is being sought, a family is fighting to get back the home that was allegedly stolen from them via a forged “quit claim” deed. In ...

(NewsNation) — Unsuspecting homeowners are discovering their properties have been sold out from under them in a scam that authorities say is becoming more common: Quitclaim deed fraud. The scheme, ...