KNBC TV Examines Sketchy Mortgage Rescue Company
Last night KNBC TV in Los Angeles aired a report about a “foreclosure rescue” company that is under investigation by the FBI. The … more…
The Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ Boom on Marketplace
Last week, we published a story examining the boom in “foreclosure rescue” companies, firms that promise — in exchange for a large … more…
Quick Picks: Mortgage Scams and Tax Theft
Looking for a new job? Mortgage scammers have found a lucrative market in New York City: Prosecutors there tell the New York Times th … more…
Quick Picks: Elderly Face Foreclosure and Bond Deal Spreads Pain
Even though the Obama administration has ramped up loan modification efforts, the Wall Street Journal reports that older borrowers wi … more…
Quick Picks: California Scheming
HUD's Dollar Homes program, initiated in 1998, had a straightfoward mission: "Local governments would buy [foreclosed] homes for $1, … more…
Tricky Pension Accounting and Loan Mod Winners
Quick Picks focuses on a select few of the day's stories from "Breaking on the Web."
Public pension funds across the country have … more…This Year In Scandals: Forgotten Stories From the Market Meltdown
How did billion become the new million? Well, that's the trillion-dollar question. And as the year comes to a close, everyone is look … more…
Taxpayer-Owned AIG Lobbies Against Mortgage Fraud Law
We found out last week that AIG’s huge lobbying operations are still going full steam ahead, despite the fact that taxpayers now ow … more…
In Florida, Agency Gave Mortgage Licenses to Thousands of Ex-Cons
As we detailed yesterday, the Justice Department is pursuing a wide array of prosecutions and investigations in response to the subpr … more…
Justice Dept. Spreads Wide Net With Mortgage-Related Prosecutions
Nearly everyone agrees that something went very wrong with the mortgage industry. Mortgage lenders made extremely risky loans. Wall S … more…
November 20, 2009
FBI Sets Sights on Hundreds in Las Vegas Mortgage Schemes Richard A. Serrano, Las Vegas Sun, November 20, 2009
September 14, 2009
Few Mass. Mortgage Brokers Hit for Abuses Jaime Lutz, Lyle Moran, and Christie Musket, New England Center for Investigative Reporting, September 14, 2009
August 25, 2009
Sharp Increase in Mortgage-Related Lawsuits Reported Sheri Qualters, National Law Journal, August 25, 2009
July 20, 2009
Florida House-Flipping Fraud Cost Billions Michael Braga, Chris Davis and Matthew Doig, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 20, 2009
July 10, 2009
Mortgage Fraud Reports Rise, But Some Fraud May Go Undetected Kat Aaron and Nick Schwellenbach, Center for Public Integrity, July 10, 2009
July 02, 2009
Beazer Homes Charged with Mortgage and Accounting Fraud Kirsten Valle, Charlotte Observer, July 02, 2009
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