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“It’s too easy to forge a deed and record it,” Real estate attorney Richard Alembik told WSB-TV. “It’s a big problem nowadays, because of the fact that e-filing, the e-recording of deeds is so easy. It’s very easy to record forged deeds.” Alembik said notaries don’t check the identification of the people who submit the documents to verify if they are the rightful homeowners. Victims of fraud who have proof to be the rightful homeowners can still be ordered by a judge to move out and pay fines, according to the outlet. An elderly Georgia homeowner was forced out of...

An elderly Georgia homeowner was forced out of his house and arrested when an alleged swindler used fraudulent documents to claim ownership of the property. Charles and Charmaine Allman lived in the same Stone Mountain, Ga. home — located 16 miles east of Atlanta — for the last two decades before officials told the couple Tuesday that they no longer owned the house and had to vacate. “They made us feel like we were squatters,” Charmaine Allman told WSB-TV. “Just tossed my stuff out like it was trash.”

The Texas attorney general sues a Starr County woman accused of providing illegal immigration services to customers. Irene V. Rodriguez is accused of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Texas Government Code by providing immigration and other legal services despite not being an attorney. Attorney General Greg Abbott accuses Rodriguez or charging people in Starr County hundreds of dollars to prepare legal documents in anticipation of immigration proceedings and misled clients into believing that she was authorized to handle such matters. The AG is seeking a permanent injunction against Rodriguez, as well as Rodriguez Immigration & Office...