Prosecutor's office presents deed‑fraud task force results; staff urge notary training and legislative fixes
Latoya Willis of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office outlined the mortgage and deed fraud task force: since inception the task force logged 2,511 complaints, 542 arrests, 404 homes returned, and over $1.5 million collected in restitution; staff recommended notary training, enabling limited review by registers of deeds, and renewed grant funding.
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The Wayne County mortgage and deed fraud unit presented a detailed overview of how deed fraud occurs, the unit's results, and potential policy responses. Latoya Willis, lead attorney for the unit, described the task force as a multi-agency collaboration originally formed around 2005 and said it has investigated thousands of complaints.
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