Full Coverage

Mortgage Fraud Redux

                   
portfolio.com
May 17, 2008
        
Story Timeline:  200 days

In my post on Wednesday, I questioned the claim that the dollar value of mortgage fraud was surging, arguing that firms had just become more aware of fraud and filing more suspicious activity reports -- but catching onto fraud before the loan was finalized. In the comments, Ann Fulmer, vice... [read full story]                    

Add Comment
Latest article on this story:

Federal Crimes: Fundamental flaws

 nwsource.com May 19, 2008
First article on this story:

Mortgage Fraud Rampant

 portfolio.com May 17, 2008
Selected publications with coverage of this story:
thestar.com politicalgateway.com operationalrisk.wordpress.com fergdawg.blogspot.com signonsandiego.com tumblr.com chron.com nwsource.com portfolio.com upi.com
RELATED
Found 13 documents:
                   

Federal Crimes: Fundamental flaws

nwsource.com
May 19, 2008
        

P-I Editorial: On picking-up-the-pieces day Jan. 20, the next president will begin confronting the ways in which the Bush presidency has eroded the fundamentals of a strong society. That includes the neglect of the FBI's domestic law enforcement duties.

                   

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: No new money for FBI's crime squads

tumblr.com
May 19, 2008
        

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: No new money for FBI's crime squads: “Despite a powerful surge in bank robbery, mortgage fraud and white-collar crimes, the Bush administration’s 2009 budget leaves an already handicapped FBI criminal program without the agents it needs to respond…” even though data...

                   

FBI: Security tops crime in U.S. budget

politicalgateway.com
May 19, 2008
        

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- FBI officials say plans to build up anti-crime efforts will continue to take a back seat to national security. The Bush administration's 2009 budget doesn't include additional agents to tackle crimes such as bank robbery and mortgage fraud, the Seattle...

                   

FBI: Security tops crime in U.S. budget

upi.com
May 19, 2008
        

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- FBI officials say plans to build up anti-crime efforts will continue to take a back seat to national security. The Bush administration's 2009 budget doesn't include additional agents to tackle crimes such as bank robbery and mortgage fraud, the Seattle...

                   

Mortgage Fraud Continues to Rise

operationalrisk.wordpress.com
May 19, 2008
        

There were 46,717 Suspicious Activity Reports from financial institutions involving mortgage fraud in fiscal year 2007, compared with 35,617 in fiscal year 2006 and 29,994 in fiscal year 2005, the FBI said in a report released last week. The report said the downward trend in the housing market...

                   
nwsource.com: Suspicious activities on rise nwsource.com

No new money for FBI's crime squads

nwsource.com
May 19, 2008
        

Budget would fund new agents only for national security By PAUL SHUKOVSKY AND DANIEL LATHROP P-I REPORTERS Despite a powerful surge in bank robbery, mortgage fraud and white-collar crimes, the Bush administration's 2009 budget leaves an already handicapped FBI criminal program without the agents...

                   
nwsource.com: Suspicious activities on rise nwsource.com

No relief in sight for FBI crime squads

nwsource.com
May 19, 2008
        

Budget would fund new agents only for national security By PAUL SHUKOVSKY AND DANIEL LATHROP P-I REPORTERS Despite a powerful surge in bank robbery, mortgage fraud and white-collar crimes, the Bush administration's 2009 budget leaves an already handicapped FBI criminal program without the agents...

                   
nwsource.com: Suspicious activities on rise nwsource.com

Bush budget snubs FBI's crime squads

nwsource.com
May 19, 2008
        

'09 proposal funds new agents only for national security By PAUL SHUKOVSKY AND DANIEL LATHROP P-I REPORTERS Despite a powerful surge in bank robbery, mortgage fraud and white-collar crimes, the Bush administration's 2009 budget leaves an already handicapped FBI criminal program without the agents...

                   

Bush Budget Snubs FBI's Crime Squads

fergdawg.blogspot.com
May 19, 2008
        

Paul Shukovsky and Daniel Lathrop write in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer:Despite a powerful surge in bank robbery, mortgage fraud and white-collar crimes, the Bush administration's 2009 budget leaves an already handicapped FBI criminal program without the agents it needs to respond -- a...

                   

Reports of mortgage fraud on rise

chron.com
May 18, 2008
        

WASHINGTON — The sinking housing market is fertile ground for mortgage fraud, the FBI warns in a new report. The agency said last week that reports of suspected mortgage fraud rose 31 percent to 46,717 in fiscal 2007, which ended Sept. 30, 2007. That was up from 35,617 in the previous fiscal...

1 2 next