Alaska Airlines flight returns to Wichita after passenger's phone, power bank overheat An Alaska Airlines flight headed from Wichita to Seattle returned to Wichita shortly after takeoff this afternoon ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Three Sacramento-area attorneys have been arrested for running what prosecutors say was a loan modification scam that allegedly bilked homeowners out of thousands of dollars ...

The Better Business Bureau of Western Virginia reported that area consumers have been scammed by loan modification companies offering services in direct violation of FTC regulations. It was reported ...

TALLAHASSEE, FL – As part of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory on foreclosure rescue services and foreclosure-related loan modification ...

The U.S. Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has announced that it has shut down additional online loan modification scams that prey on vulnerable ...

If someone promises they can lower your monthly mortgage payment for a fee, U.S. postal inspectors say you should run in the other direction. So-called mortgage modification scams can end up costing ...

Mortgage-relief scams target blacks, Latinos: Since the housing crisis began, nearly half the victims of mortgage loan-modification scams have been of African-American, Latino or Asian descent, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Detectives from LAPD's Commercial Crime Division said they've cracked a local loan modification scam that targeted Spanish-speaking homeowners ...

A loan modification is a long-term mortgage relief option for borrowers experiencing financial hardship, such as loss of income due to illness. A modification typically changes the loan’s rate, term ...