Today I write about a 2004 Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision which discussed the implication of a foreign jurisdiction’s disciplinary actions on Pennsylvania licensees and Pennsylvania’s ability to use that disciplinary record in a Pa disciplinary proceeding. In the consolidated cases of Kahn and Butt v State Board of Auctioneers, 577 PA. 166 (2004), the Pennsylvania…

My last blog talked about the central issues of scope of criminal activity and actual loss in a mortgage fraud federal sentencing hearing. The recent case of U.S. v. David McCloskey, 2013 U.S. Dist. Lexis 168220 (November 26, 2013), discusses numerous issues guilty pleas or guilty verdicts these cases present. This blog shall discuss the…

The end of the housing bubble and mortgage fraud induced economic downturn is giving birth to numerous prosecutions for mortgage fraud. The recent case of U.S. v. David McCloskey, 2013 U.S. Dist. Lexis 168220 (November 26, 2013), is indicative of the numerous issues guilty pleas or guilty verdicts in these cases preset. Issues of forged…