Ongoing, repetitive digital security training ensures that out-of-band verification and emotional vigilance become permanent, second-nature habits rather than temporary compliance measures, Robert Siciliano writes.
AI voice cloning has made wire fraud harder to detect and harder to stop. Real estate pros explain how it works and who's most at risk.
The Maryland attorney used dual contracts, a hidden side agreement, and his own trust account to defraud lenders in a Baltimore apartment sale and a 42-home same-day flip, receiving 15 months in federal prison.
Kimberly Vu pretended to be a real estate agent and took security deposits and first month's rent from dozens of victims.
FNF's Brian Maughan explains how organized rings are using deepfakes, fake IDs and forged notary seals to pull off seller impersonation, and what real estate agents can do about it.
Scammers are using artificial intelligence to clone email styles, forge documents and impersonate trusted parties — and agents, not just their clients, are increasingly in the crosshairs.
In their newest “True Crimes” podcast, Summer Goralik and Troy Palmquist examine a decades-old fraud case that illustrates why agents should educate clients about deed fraud and transaction safety to build strong long-term relationships.
A former real estate professional who ran a fraudulent investment fund along with her ex-husband was sentenced to 55 months in prison Friday after a jury convicted her of wire fraud, money laundering and tax fraud in a scheme that stole more than $2 million from 22 victims, most of them Seattle residents.
Robert Christensen and Anthony Matic spent investor money on casino trips, a whiskey club, massages and cryotherapy.
A New York man got 6.5 to 13 years in prison for forging a deed on a $755,000 home. Here's what agents need to know about deed fraud.
Sam Stair, owner of S2 Real Estate Group, has been accused of renting homes and apartments to drug traffickers for use as "stash houses" and "trap houses," according to a criminal complaint.
If convicted, the couple could face a maximum penalty of more than 12 years in prison and a $25,000 fine on each count.