Calif. Attorney General Sues Lawyer Over Homeowner Fraud
California AG Jerry Brown on Monday sued a lawyer for allegedly bilking desperate homeowners with troubled mortgages out of thousands of dollars. Mitchell Roth charged at least 2,000 homeowners substantial fees in exchange for false promises that he would help them escape foreclosure and improve their credit, Brown wrote in a complaint. Also named in the suit: Paul Noe Jr., president of Nevada-based United First, a corporation that allegedly solicited homeowners facing foreclosure and referred them to Roth's firm.
