From there, the scammer files a new deed with the local county clerk, transferring the property to their name or an alias.

Property and lawsuit (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – A five-acre piece of property in northeast Houston that once belonged ...

HOUSTON -- A businessman settled a deed forgery lawsuit last month, but now the plaintiffs are questioning if he ever plans to pay. The case stems from control of the Acres Homes house where Vanessa ...

Cybercriminals are filing forged property deeds at a growing rate in Travis County, effectively transferring homeownership to themselves and leaving victims in legal turmoil, the Austin ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against an Austin developer who she said illegally obtained her property after someone forged her signature. Now there are two new homes where her ...

A Texas man was arrested on federal charges that he stole actual houses in an elaborate scheme involving fake buyers and fraudulent titles, prosecutors said. He is alleged to have taken over 100 homes ...

When her grandmother transferred the deed to her in 2008, Shannon Pleasant believed the modest East Austin home on Kuhlman ...

A Long Island woman is accused of stealing her neighbor's home, but she claims the homeowner gave her the deed as a gift for the work she did as an aid. However, the older woman who lives in the house ...

A former employee in the city of Austin’s code enforcement department faces criminal charges after he was accused of attempting to fraudulently take ownership of an Austin home by forging an elderly ...

Now there are two new homes where her grandmother's East Austin house once stood. It's another example of what the KVUE Defenders have found is a much larger problem in Texas real estate. Shannon ...