So far this year, the North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department has secured $140,000 from settlements as part of multi-state enforcement actions. Those funds have been diverted to the North Dakota Investor Education and Technology Fund.

The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office has levied charges against two Pittsburg men, who are accused of submitting fraudulent deed transfers for 43 separate properties in Allegheny County using counterfeit notary stamps.

A property owner appealed a district court decision favoring his title insurance provider, which had previously denied him coverage in an easement dispute with his neighbors. In his appeal, the plaintiff claims his title company is liable for bad faith damages, among other arguments.

Identity Theft Resource Center President and CEO Eva Velasquez shared some time with the Keys to Real Estate podcast to explain how the threats of wire fraud and business compromise have evolved, as well as how organizations can adapt.

Several national banks have filed a brief advising the New York Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Early Warning Services, the company that operates the electronic payment platform Zelle, for allegedly failing to properly protect users from fraud.

A bill signed into law on July 9 has introduced the “Missouri Residential Sale Leaseback Protection Act” and the “Uniform Mortgage Modification Act,” which amend several sections of state law relating to real estate transactions, penalty provisions and severability clauses.

The American Land Title Association has opened a public comment period on proposed revisions to its best practices framework, marking the next step in the development of a resource it refers to as Best Practices 5.0.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is warning the public to be aware of fraudulent social media profiles, email accounts, text messages and phone numbers that attempt to impersonate or otherwise associate themselves with the CDFI Fund.

More validated data is needed to confirm who exactly is involved in real estate closing transactions, as suggested by new findings in FundingShield’s Q2 2026 Fraud Analytics Report. In the second quarter, discrepancies related to closing package letters reached 47.45 percent of letters, the report noted.