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  • House price: $3,500. Mortgage: $228,000

    BusinessWeek - In print and online, the Hot Property team first wrote about the potential downside of lenders pushing riskier, "option ARM" mortgages and the rise in mortgage fraud back in 2005—well ahead of many other media outlets. Hot Property was a finalist ...
    2008-02-04 03:59:00
  • O'Malley's initiative on foreclosure issue is found lacking

    Baltimore Sun - ... Senate hearing that parts of the bills are onerous and need to be tweaked. O'Malley's administration has introduced a series of bills that would lengthen the time before a foreclosure can take place, create a new criminal statute on mortgage fraud and ...
    2008-02-06 12:12:00
  • Ex-worker challenges firing

    Miami Herald - A former SunTrust Bank mortgage loan coordinator contends in a lawsuit that he was fired after alerting superiors to mortgage fraud occuring at the bank. Some SunTrust loan officers fudged borrowers' incomes and approved multiple loans on investment ...
    2008-02-05 11:50:00
  • Foreclosure reform bills take stage - Daily Record (subscription)

    Foreclosure reform bills take stageDaily Record (subscription), MD - 9 hours agoHe wants to extend the length of the foreclosure process from 15 to nearly 150 days, create new laws against mortgage fraud, prevent investors from ...
    2008-02-05 03:59:37
  • LEAD STORY: HB man on $4m fraud charges - Hawke's Bay Today

    LEAD STORY: HB man on $4m fraud chargesHawke's Bay Today, New Zealand - 6 hours agoKelly Burns HAWKE'S BAY businessman Blair Fitzsimons will face eight fraud and forgery charges involving $4 million following an investigation by the ...
    2008-02-05 06:20:12
  • Sprouts scheduled for arraignment on federal charges - Uniontown Herald Standard

    Sprouts scheduled for arraignment on federal chargesUniontown Herald Standard, PA - 3 hours ago... is scheduled for Friday morning in Pittsburgh for Uniontown Councilman Marlin Sprouts Jr. on a federal charge of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud. ...
    2008-02-05 09:28:46
  • Mortgage fraud soared last year - Kansas City Star

    Mortgage fraud soared last yearKansas City Star, MO - 3 hours agoMortgage fraud passed $4 billion in 2007, a dramatic increase from $1.6 billion in 2006, according to a report by MortgageDaily.com. Missouri was No. ...
    2008-02-05 09:45:40
  • A Call for Action on Foreclosure Relief - Washington Post

    A Call for Action on Foreclosure ReliefWashington Post, United States - 1 hour agoThe legislation also would create a mortgage fraud statute, including penalties for mortgage fraud. "All too frequently, when we try to deal with the ...
    2008-02-05 11:18:16
  • Mortgage fraud felony moves forward - Deseret News

    Mortgage fraud felony moves forwardDeseret News, UT - 1 hour ago"Utah is in the top 10 in the nation for mortgage fraud" cases, he said. Killpack added that the state simply has not had the manpower to pursue the backlog ...
    2008-02-05 11:31:41
  • Socgen rights issue to offer 20-30 pct discount on stock price ... - Hemscott

    Socgen rights issue to offer 20-30 pct discount on stock price ...Hemscott, UK - 1 hour ago... in the fourth quarter through what it called fraud by one of its traders, as well as a further 2.1 bln eur in losses from the subprime mortgage loan crisis.
    2008-02-05 11:55:35
  • Ex-worker challenges firing - MiamiHerald.com

    Ex-worker challenges firingMiamiHerald.com, FL - 1 hour agoA lawsuit accuses SunTrust Bank of firing a mortgage loan coordinator in retaliation for exposing mortgage fraud at the bank. BY PATRICK DANNER A former ...
    2008-02-06 12:09:05
  • O'Malley's initiative on foreclosure issue is found lacking - Baltimore Sun

    O'Malley's initiative on foreclosure issue is found lackingBaltimore Sun, United States - 46 minutes ago... foreclosure can take place, create a new criminal statute on mortgage fraud and ban the conveyance of property in so-called foreclosure rescue schemes. ...
    2008-02-06 12:23:20
  • I got carried away, says rogue trader - This is Money

    I got carried away, says rogue traderThis is Money, UK - 30 minutes ago... finances 'We earn £88k but the FSA says I have a high-risk mortgage. I knew what was coming.' > Full story Speaking for the first time about the fraud, ...
    2008-02-06 12:39:32
  • Business briefs - Jackson Clarion Ledger

    Business briefsJackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 14 minutes agoShares in the oil giant, which lost its CEO and was fined millions for environmental crimes and fraud, rose as it also announced a more generous dividend ...
    2008-02-06 12:55:40
  • The potential first settlement between a borrower and a lender caught up in the bankruptcy of an Exeter Township ... (Reading Eagle)

    The potential first settlement between a borrower and a lender caught up in the bankruptcy of an Exeter Township company is awaiting court approval.
    2008-02-05 10:40:03