"… s credit letters from landlords, that could be faked or forged.Independent mortgage brokers recruiting new borrowers for Long Beach loans treated the policies as an …"

"… tailed bank documents  showing electronic transfers and checks from a mortgage broker’s account to Ngo exceeding $100,000. The FBI alleges that these were bri …"

"… .To sell these high-risk loans, Washington Mutual paid huge commissions to mortgage brokers and loan officers. The worst the terms of the loan for the borrower, the …"

"… far, defendants have been mostly minor players such as real-estate agents, mortgage brokers, borrowers and a few low-level bank employees. No senior executives at la …"

"… xecutives — responsible, instead pinning blame on borrowers, independent mortgage brokers, and others.That may account for the dearth of prosecutions against big f …"

"… ve Fund analysis shows that two-thirds of the 170 prosecutions are against mortgage brokers, real-estate professionals or borrowers — the same groups blamed by the …"

"… ation, the banks fingered borrowers 87 percent of the time and independent mortgage brokers 64 percent of the time, according to a 2006 Treasury analysis of the …"

"… ent.”After Steinmetz uncovered evidence of fraud on loans submitted by a mortgage broker based in Florida, the suit said, one of her bosses became irate, telling h …"

"… ome loans by paying roughly half a billion dollars to buy California-based WMC Mortgage Corp.What GE got in the bargain, former WMC employees say, was a …"

"… buy California-based WMC Mortgage Corp.What GE got in the bargain, former WMC employees say, was a place where erstwhile shoe salesmen, ex-strippers and …"

"… actress could sign on as sales reps and make big money pushing home loans. WMC's top salespeople earned a million dollars a year or more and lived fast, …"

"… eys.In pursuit of these riches and perks, several ex-employees claim, many WMC sales staffers embraced fraud as a tool for pushing through loans that bor …"

"… king into potentially criminal business practices at Burbank, Calif.-based WMC Mortgage Corp. during the home-loan boom, according to four people with kn …"

"… e of the sensitivity of the investigation.The government is asking whether WMC used falsified paperwork, overstated borrowers’ income and other tactics …"

"… t comment on specific investigations. However, he said any allegation that WMC sold large numbers of fraudulent loans to investors was false.GE …"

"… of fraudulent loans to investors was false.GE acquired WMC near the height of the mortgage boom in 2004, giving it a major presence i …"

"… $125 million deals with mortgages that were priced and sold by independent mortgage brokers through Wells Fargo's wholesale channel. The financial institution said t …"

"… ng financing mortgages that are originated, priced and sold by independent mortgage brokers through the mortgage wholesale channel. "Through our separa …"

"… ough our separate decision to no longer fund mortgages through independent mortgage brokers, we can control how that commitment" to serving home ownership needs "is …"