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Efforts to Reduce Wire Fraud in Real Estate

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Since 2013, the FBI has led the charge against Business Email Compromise (BEC) and money mule threat actors and remains on the forefront of tackling these crimes. The FBI states it will proudly continue to lead the U.S. Government’s efforts to combat these threats by educating employees, the public, and private and public sector partners.

In their latest report to Congress, the FBI reported the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) 4A-207 Misdescription of Beneficiary states:

If the beneficiary’s bank does not know that the name and number refer to different persons, it may rely on the number read more

“We’re Onto You”: A Story of a Real Estate Scam

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Escrow Assistant Kali Asencio, with Chicago Title in San Antonio, was working on a transaction that opened in her office for the sale of a vacant lot. The transaction opened on Monday, December 5, 2022, and was scheduled to close Friday, December 9, 2022.

Kali jumped into action and immediately looked up the address on the county’s website, to find where the property tax bill is sent. She overnighted a notice to the owner of the property at that address.

Next, Kali deposited the earnest money check so it would be collected in time for closing. When the commitment for title insurance was read more

What is Money Laundering?

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Criminals and criminal syndicates regularly utilize the services of professional money launderers to assist them in “cleaning” money. These are individuals or organizations who do not participate in the crimes which resulted in the illegal proceeds. They only launder the money for a fee. They are typically paid a commission or percentage from the funds they clean.

Al Capone is one of the most famous professional money launderers. You may not know that he cleaned much of the dirty money through actual laundromats. Hence the phrase money laundering.

Today, professional money launderers read more

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