Have any crimes been committed in this mortgage scenario?

[WNR77]

What is the name of your state? NJ

Example:

Mary has a mortgage on a property where they are building a new home. The house is half completed, but they are having trouble getting the mortgage company to give them the money to finish the home. Meanwhile they are using their own money to work on the house, and they are having trouble making the Mortgage payments on time. The Mortgage company is now threatening foreclosure on their home.

Mary's Mortgage Broker suggests that they find someone who is wiling to apply for a new mortgage, and buy the home to get it out of the current mortgage situation.

Mary's jobless uncle Larry has several unpaid judgments against him, and says he'd be willing to help Mary if she would pay off his debts. Mary agrees, they pay off Larry's debts, and the mortgage broker then inflates Larry's income on the Mortgage application, they get the loan, and the house is then transfered into Larry's name.

Mary's lawyer Kevin, who is also a personal friend of Mary's, is fully aware of all the details surrounding the pending transaction, and he asks his Lawyer friend Joe, to represent Larry during the closing, Kevin tells Joe all the details, and Joe agrees to represent Larry.

After Larry gets the mortgage, Mary then gives Larry the money each month to make the mortgage payment on the home that is now in Larry's name. Mary moves into the home after it is completed. The Lawyers plan to put the house back into Mary's name with a new mortgage after some time has past.

Has anyone committed any crimes in this senerio, and if so, what crimes, and who has committed them?

[las365]

WNR77, do yourself and your professors and your potential future clients (if you manage to graduate and pass the bar) and work on your homework assignments by doing your own research using the law library and other legal resources, not free advice internet forums.

[WNR77]

Originally Posted by las365

WNR77, do yourself and your professors and your potential future clients (if you manage to graduate and pass the bar) and work on your homework assignments by doing your own research using the law library and other legal resources, not free advice internet forums.

But I really am looking for advice.

[las365]

Originally Posted by WNR77

What is the name of your state? NJ

Could a person who utters a Slanderous statement about someone while having an anxiety attack be sued for making the statement?

Also..... If sued for slander, does the reason the person made the statement matter in considering if they are guilty of slander....

Example:

Betty has a severe anxiety disorder and has been on medication to treat the anxiety for over ten years.

Betty's Sister Karen, and Betty's Sister Ruth, both know that Betty has a severe anxiety disorder and is on medication for it.

Karen has told Betty on several occasions that she is considering committing minor crimes, and this makes Betty very upset.

Betty then finds what She believes is evidence that Karen has committed a crime.

Betty is now very upset and needs to talk about what she has discovered, so she tells her Sister Ruth about the evidence that she has found, and how she believes that Karen has committed a crime.

During the conversation Ruth asks Betty if Karen has committed a theft, and Betty says "yes, Karen is a thief". Betty is now extremely upset, and then says to her Sister "We have to be careful because Karen is going to steal from us next".

The next day Ruth tells her friend Alan who is also a friend of Karen's, that Betty said that Karen has committed a theft. Alan then tells Karen what Ruth has told him.

Karen then sues Betty for Slander, will she be able to collect damages from Betty?

But I really am looking for advice.

I don't believe that.

[LindaP777]

Originally Posted by las365

I don't believe that.

Me neither! I've never heard a real question possed on this forum using first names (ie "Mary has a mortgage ").
WNR77 you'll never pass the bar if you can't think for yourself.

[Ozark_Sophist]

Originally Posted by WNR77

Has anyone committed any crimes in this senerio, and if so, what crimes, and who has committed them?

Yes.
Academic dishonesty.
WNR77.