It’s been more than six weeks since new rules went into effect to clean up systemic abuses in the home appraisal business, but don’t ask an

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The trouble signs surrounding Lend America had been building for years. A top executive was convicted of mortgage fraud but still helped run

Reports of suspected mortgage fraud — fueled by the current economic crisis — are up in 2008, according to two new reports by the FBI and th

Nonbank mortgage lenders would have to file reports of suspected fraud for the first time, under a new proposal issued Wednesday by the Fina

A crackdown on reckless mortgage lenders by the Federal Housing Administration has failed to root out several executives with criminal recor

The Securities and Exchange Commission has said that it failed to pursue a variety of allegations about Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi schem

In written testimony before Congress today, FBI Director Robert Mueller admitted that the growing numbers of mortgage fraud investigations “

FBI report identifies mortgage fraudsters of all stripes – except banks