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May 16th, 2011

A Case of Fraud

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The following is a case of fraud taken from our Fraud Insights newsletter for May.

Careless Whispers

An escrow officer with Chicago Title’s Skokie, Ill. office, was conducting a signing without the buyer or seller in the room. To set the stage, the signing ceremony was being conducted with both the buyer and seller’s [...]

July 19th, 2010

Loan Officers Abscond With Broker Fees

by Carmela Gellos | One comment so far

We have an internal publication called “Fraud Insights”. This article appeared in the most recent issue and I thought I’d pass it along.

Loan officers from two different states embezzled funds from their employers by redirecting the payments to themselves at closing. These actions caused mortgage brokerages to implement tighter controls.

One of [...]

December 16th, 2009

Smart Farming

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Optimizing lead generation with “Smart Farming”.

In today’s real estate market, it’s no secret that listing a house and selling it quickly are common goals for all agents. Obtaining a list of leads is one good way to find buyers for a house but how do you go about finding good, quality leads? Have you paid [...]

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Carmela Gellos

Carmela is the Residential Sales Manager for Chicago Title in King County. She began her career in title insurance back in 1977 as a Customer Service rep and then moved into sales. From there, the move into the Sales Manager position was a logical next step. Carmela has been a Sales Manager for Chicago Title in Vancouver, WA, Phoenix, AZ and here in Seattle.

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Email me : carmela.gellos@ctt.com

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