In a recent Press Release Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann announced the filing of lawsuits against 6 different companies for preying on Ohioans with false promises of saving their homes from foreclosure.

According to the Attorney General, the basic elements of the scam involve a company contacting a homeowner facing foreclosure by phone or by showing up at their door and promising to stop the foreclosure process for a fee. The homeowner then, in a desperate, last ditch effort to save their home, succumbs to the false promises made by the company and hands over money they cannot afford to lose.  The foreclosure rescue then pockets the funds and eventually the home is foreclosed upon, leaving the homeowner with little besides broken promises and broken dreams.  

Suits were filed against the following companies in Cuyahoga, Delaware, Franklin, Hamilton, Lucas, and Mahoning counties:

American Housing Authority, Inc.- 3857 Birch Street, Suite 611 Newport Beach, California
American Housing Financial, Inc. - 1501 W. Chipman Rd., Phoenix, Arizona
Cary Lavensky d/b/a Home Restoration Services – 9617 Baltic Road, Cleveland, Ohio
F.A.S., LLC d/b/a Foreclosure Assistance Solutions and Mortgage Second Chance - 2465 McMullen Booth, Unit J, Clearwater, Florida 33759
Foreclosure Solutions, LLC - 10945 Reed Hartman HWY, Suite 219, Cincinnati, Ohio
Richard Pinnix d/b/a Pinnix Business Services - 16781 Chagrin Blvd., #105 Shaker Heights, Ohio.
United Foreclosure Managers, LLC - 4300 Belmont Avenue, Ste. 3, Youngstown, Ohio.

To view the Press Release in its' entirety, please click here.

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