Office of the Nevada Attorney General is going after three more notaries in connection with its ongoing investigation into last year’s robo-signing scandal.
Meghan Shaw, Jennifer Bloecker and Joseph Noel have all been charged with notarization of the signature of a person not in their presence.
“These complaints are the result of notary practices which did not conform with legal requirements of our state. These requirements were enacted to ensure the integrity of public documents and our action today is another step in our attempt to determine those responsible” said John Kelleher, chief deputy attorney general.
The charges stem from the notaries’ involvement in the scheme to file fraudulent documents with the Clark County Recorder’s office. The documents were notices of default, which are used to initiate foreclosure on local homeowners.
Through an investigation led by the Attorney General’s office, the notaries charged in this case have confirmed that their job duties included signing another person’s name on a document and then notarizing that signature.
The three are set to make an initial appearance in court on Dec. 28.
Last month, the Nevada grand jury indicted two title officers employed by Lender Processing Services Inc. on 606 counts alleging various robo-signing and forgery actions on tens of thousands of documents between 2005 and 2008.