LOS ANGELES, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department Tuesday sued Capmark Finance Inc. in Los Angeles, accusing the lender of violating the False Claims Act.
SANTA ANA, Calif., April 21 (UPI) -- The last in a group of Southern California mortgage fraud defendants has been convicted in federal court, officials said.
SAN DIEGO, April 7 (UPI) -- An indictment unsealed in San Diego Tuesday charges 24 people with taking part in widespread mortgage fraud conspiracy.
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed a housing bill Wednesday that provides relief for homeowners and sets up a rescue plan for federal mortgage guarantors.
WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- A months-long nationwide crackdown on mortgage fraud schemes resulted in more than 400 people being charged, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
BOSTON, May 17 (UPI) -- Two Boston lawyers and seven mortgage brokers were among 11 people arrested in connection with an alleged $10.6 million loan-fraud scam, officials say.
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- Federal authorities are investigating subprime mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. for possible securities fraud, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The number of reported mortgage fraud cases has climbed so quickly that U.S. federal investigators and prosecutors say they can't keep pace.
WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage fraud is "pervasive and growing," the FBI said Wednesday in a report that noted the number of such cases had nearly doubled in three years.
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department plans to crack down on mortgage fraud by requiring more financial institutions to report signs of such fraud.
