The Federal Bureau of Investigations reports that mortgage fraud is still on the rise.
The class was taught by an inmate, Eric, who was doing 3 years for mortgage fraud.
And the beat goes on as prosecutors dig through layers of the mortgage fraud.
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Mortgage fraud and indulgent risk-taking have been alleged against the entire banking industry, not just Goldman.
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The US government has filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo bank for mortgage fraud.
Meanwhile, on 10 October, Wells Fargo was also sued by federal authorities for alleged mortgage fraud.
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In the same month, Wells Fargo was also sued by federal authorities for alleged mortgage fraud.
In addition, 218 residential malpractice and mortgage fraud lawsuits are pending, consisting of lawsuits filed and inherited.
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Last year, the Treasury Department received 62, 000 reports of mortgage fraud -- more than 5, 000 each month.
They suspect they're the victims of mortgage fraud, but they can't afford a lawyer's fees to prove it.
Why is mortgage fraud such a Tyrannosaurus Rex in the world of scamdom?
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The most common investor mortgage fraud schemes are different types of property flipping, occupancy fraud and the straw buyer scam.
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The number of criminal mortgage fraud investigations opened by the FBI has more than doubled over the past three years.
The FBI director said there were roughly 3, 000 pending mortgage fraud investigations in 2011 compared to approximately 700 investigations in 2005.
Mortgage fraud took place on so many levels for so many years that it eclipses Madoff by a factor of 100.
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Borrowers and professionals are motivated to commit mortgage fraud for many reasons.
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In fact, very few ended up as court cases in which people went to jail, which has been a widespread problem in mortgage fraud.
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Officials identified the states that are the "top 10 mortgage fraud hot spots" as California, New York, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
My candidate is a slam dunk so far: Mortgage fraud.
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The government alleges a criminal enterprise engaged in an extensive pattern of racketeering activities, consisting of investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and distribution of illegal drugs.
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Recently, white-collar felons have not been helping the cause, with violators parading into prisons for insider trading, mortgage fraud, healthcare fraud and just plain old FRAUD.
In October, the US government sued the bank for alleged mortgage fraud, accusing subsidiary Countrywide Financial of selling thousands of toxic home loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The mortgage fraud task force I announced in my State of the Union address retains its full authority to aggressively investigate the packaging and selling of risky mortgages that led to this crisis.
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The Financial Services Authority have been cracking down on mortgage fraud this year, and the Association of Chief Police Officers has said it is a significant element of the UK's annual fraud losses.
Det Sgt Colin McKenzie told the court that Ms Spence had been under investigation by the SCDEA for mortgage fraud involving large numbers of the Chinese community - and that the inquiry was closing in.
You know, at the time this was part of the FBI's effort to show that people who were committing mortgage fraud were not only going to get caught, but they were going to get prosecuted too.
Ms Thomson said the measures in the bill were more than a "belt and braces approach" to combatting money laundering or mortgage fraud as it added an additional offence because it included "that element of recklessness".
On the other hand, when a property is bought below market and immediately sold at profit with the help of a corrupt appraiser who "verifies" that the value of the property is actually double the initial purchase amount, mortgage fraud is indicated.
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In July 2011, the real estate associate, who was not identified, was arrested in a mortgage fraud case, and subsequently agreed to cooperate in the investigation of Mr. Sampson, according to Ms. Lynch, who said that shortly after the associate was arrested, Mr. Sampson took several steps to determine if that investigation would ensnare him and to try to prevent that from happening.
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