Scams and Disputes

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (463+ words) The City of Seattle has some updates to make to the environmental review used to update its 20-year housing and jobs growth plan, but claims alleging that corners were cut when conducting that review were mostly thrown out this week…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (359+ words) Three months after Huntington Beach updated its housing element in response to mounting fines, the state is pushing for additional penalties based on regulators’ conclusion that the city’s plan is still out of compliance. In May, Orange County Superior Court…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (155+ words) A Sea Cliff house at 250 32nd Ave. has become the subject of a civil ownership fight after eight deeds were recorded over roughly 14 months, according to The San Francisco Standard. The dispute involves Brandon Aadee and Diana Peng, while the property’s…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (384+ words) CELINA — A rental scam that appeared on a TikTok account almost caused a couple to lose their home. News Center 7’s Ava Petrosky visited the homeowners in Celina Thursday to get their side of the story. Jodi McHargue felt sick…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (148+ words) WFTV ‘We trusted him’: Homeowner demands money back after remodeling dispute Judge finds Osceola County triple murder suspect competent to stand trial UCF students still waiting on financial aid weeks into the semester, sparking petition A Central Florida couple…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (713+ words) The city of Greenwood Village has settled a two-year-old federal lawsuit for $550,000 brought by the operator of a Motel 6 who alleged the affluent Denver suburb had harassed and tried to force out the small number of disabled homeless people staying…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (532+ words) A private mortgage lender that dished out dozens of loans to New York-based investors is suing them and several associated individuals and companies, alleging they carried out “an extensive real estate fraud ring” in Baltimore that cost the Texas-based lender…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (17+ words) Times of San Diego...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (158+ words) The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has sided with the City of St. John’s in a dispute with The Shoppes at Galway. The company applied to the city some six years ago to develop parcels of land on Danny…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (296+ words) A document that falsely claimed a mortgage company had paid Hawver $749,163 in income and withheld $424,163 of that amount in federal taxes. The fictitious withholding claim prompted the IRS to issue the Hawvers a tax refund for $192,845 that they were not…...