Ownership Protected – Mortgage Fraud and the Land Title Act #432
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By Edward L. Wilson Lawson Lundell LLP There are very few instances of mortgage fraud involving the registration of fraudulent mortgages in the Land Title Office. A recent Court of Appeal decision addressed the situation where a fraudster forged an owner’s signature to a transfer of the owner’s lot, transferring title to the fraudster’s accomplice …