….foreclosure auction fraud for Tampa Bay (FL) community association

Ellis said bidders who pay an initial fee but never follow through with the property purchase are hijacking online, court-ordered auctions. “We are seeing this happen countywide,” said Ellis. “The fraudulent investor can rent or lease a property for a longer time period before another sale is scheduled, throwing a roadblock in the process,” he said.     Read the article…………

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