![]() Lawrence said during the Grand Jury hearing that LPS handled notices of default for trustees representing many major lenders, including Washington Mutual, Bank of America, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Lawrence was found dead in her home the day of her sentencing hearing a few weeks ago. She admitted to notarizing about 25,000 false documents. Notary Tracy Lawrence struck a plea deal with the state's Attorney General's Office for one count of notary fraud. Those documents got the ball rolling on many Las Vegas foreclosures. Trafford and Sheppard are accused of running the scam by advising their employees to forge signatures on notices of default between 20. One notary said she needed to keep her job while getting through graduate school, another said he had a family to support. ![]() Most blamed fear of unemployment for their decision to forge signatures and break the law. The workers, who were employed at Lender Processing Services (LPS) under Gary Trafford and Geraldine Sheppard, admitted to forging signatures on tens of thousands of notices of default. The transcripts include last month's testimonies from investigators, homeowners, temp workers and four notaries. Newly-released transcripts from last month's Grand Jury hearing shed light on how the foreclosure fraud went down. ![]() LAS VEGAS (KSNV MyNews3) - The massive robo-signing scandal that throws into question tens of thousands of Las Vegas foreclosures is unfolding. The first grand jury hearing for this transcript was on Nov.
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