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Real Estate/Development

Aug. 26, 2010

Lawyers Disbarred and Fined for Scams

Mitchell W. Roth, the first California lawyer to come under fire for cheating homeowners seeking mortgage modifications, agreed to pay $1 million in restitution for approximately 2,000 victims, the state attorney general announced Tuesday.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - Mitchell W. Roth, the first California lawyer to come under fire for cheating homeowners seeking mortgage modifications, agreed to pay $1 million in restitution to roughly 2,000 victims, the state attorney general announced Tuesday.

Meanwhile, State Bar officials disclosed that four lawyers were disbarred and two more were forced onto inactive status over loan modifi...

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