Monthly Archives: November 2018

According to a complaint filed in DC federal court last year, Sean Smith and Erin Wrona contracted with Federal Title & Escrow Company in May 2017 to perform closing services in connection with their house purchase. They alleged that Federal Title then sent them an email to wire $200,000 in earnest money to a designated account, and that they followed those instructions. They allegedly then received a second email with instructions to wire the remaining $1.57 million, and they followed those instructions. When they appeared for the closing, however, Federal Title’s founder (Todd Ewing) told them Federal Title had never …