WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- Mortgages are down but fraud is up in the United States, new lending industry figures revealed Monday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors in New York say two men involved in a mortgage fraud scheme used some of the houses they acquired for cocaine distribution.
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.
LAS VEGAS, June 3 (UPI) -- Mortgage fraud and high foreclosure rates go hand in hand, federal investigators in Las Vegas, Nev., said Tuesday.
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, 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.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- An increase in U.S. foreclosure scams is prompting a spike in mortgage fraud investigations, it was reported Saturday.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., July 1 (UPI) -- Police in Florida say the state is experiencing an epidemic of mortgage fraud stemming from South Florida's real estate boom.
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.
