April 2022 saw courts dish out two big penalties for Bankruptcy Fraud. In April 2022, over in the UK, former tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for bankruptcy fraud: hiding $3 million in assets during his case. ... Read full article
Failure to list assets may make you a liar, liar, pants on fire! ... Read full article
One of the first things you learn in law school is: “only a fool has himself for a client”. It is hard to imagine a situation that this truism applies more to than filing bankruptcy. While individuals may represent themselves in bankruptcy court and file a ... Read full article
A fringe candidate for mayor of Tucson was arrested for bankruptcy fraud a few months ago. The 81 year old Marshall Home after filing on March 16, 2011, in United States Bankruptcy Court in Tucson an Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy, seeking to place ... Read full article
Identity theft, the use of another’s personal information for fraud or deceit, is unfortunately a widespread problem. And a significant number of bankruptcies involve identity theft as well. Examples include the filing of bankruptcy with another’s name ... Read full article
A straw buyer is a fake buyer set up to defraud the mortgage company. If an individual cannot qualify for a loan for a particular home, due to bad credit or some other reason, it may seem like a solution to ask a relative or friend to purchase the home ... Read full article
The Associated Press reports that former baseball star Lenny & ... Read full article
United Press and about two dozen tabloid web sites and blogs are reporting that reality TV star Teresa Guidice, and her husband Joe ... Read full article
