City pays off its own tax lien. Post 151


Jacksonville taxpayers foot the bill for $86,000 investor profit on Shipyards tax lien

Florida Times Union Matt Galnor May 18,2010

“We just can’t seem to get out of our own way on that project.”Richard Clark,City Council president

When the developers of the twice-failed Shipyards project didn’t pay their 2008 property taxes,two out-of-town investors were happy to pick up the tab –with 17 percent . . .

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Lawyer gets caught rigging tax lien auctions. Post 150


Attorney sentenced to 1 year for rigging bids at tax lien auctions

Baltimore Sun By Jessica Anderson May 5,2010

Tens of millions of dollars in tax lien purchases were affected by rigging

An attorney was sentenced on Tuesday to one year in jail and forced to pay $800,000 in criminal fines for rigging bids at tax lien auctions in Baltimore and five counties,officials said.

Harvey M. . . .

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