REGION: Foreclosure scam busted, officials say May 23, 2008
Hutchings and his associates explained to homeowners facing foreclosure during seminars that if they acquired a federal land grant, it would supersede the bank's grant deed and keep them from foreclosure, county officials said. No such land grant program is known to be legitimate, according to the affidavit. (North County Times)
Developer says he wants to fulfill deal for campus Oct 5, 2007
He said he wants to sell the land and donate the grant deed to the college if they haven't signed an agreement with another landowner. But, he said, "The college has to do what they have to do.". (Modesto Bee, CA)
LIVE OAK MOVING FORWARD Apr 7, 2007
-Certificate of acceptance and consent of interest in the real property conveyed by the easement grant deed from KB homes, to the City of Live Oak. (For Pennington Ranch easement). (Gridley Herald, CA)
New player emerges in fraud suits Feb 21, 2007
In most cases, ownership was transferred by grant deed, without a sale price being recorded ... "We signed the grant deeds pursuant to Pacific Wealth's instructions and also relying on the fact that we believed everything represented to us was true and legitimate," Cabrales wrote in the suit ... Cabrales was told his property was being "liquidated," but he said he didn't realize that he was signing grant deeds that would transfer ownership. (North County Times)
