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41 Charged as Mortgage Fraud Hits Condos & Suburbs

by Jay HammondJune 24, 2009 Mortgage News/Insight

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Federal law enforcement officials recently announced charges have brought against 41 defendants in five separate cases in Chicago. The cases involve more than $48 million in fraudulently obtained mortgages for dilapidated homes in urban areas as well as deals [...]

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Morning Quickie 02/12/2009

by phillenbrandFebruary 12, 2009 We're Reading

Daily Mail - FBI investigate big name banks in fraud probe linked to U.S. economic meltdown
The Big Picture - Leaning on Fed, U.S. Bank Plan Can Work
Jesse’s Café Américain - Today’s Congressional Hearing on the Banks – The ‘Joe Pesci’ Moment
Naked Capitalism - Bank Stress Testing: Less Than Meets the Eye
Bloomberg - Ross Says Investors to Wait for Banks [...]

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The Blame Game

by Jay HammondNovember 5, 2008 Mortgage News/Insight

A guest post by Jay C. Hammond, freelance journalist and researcher.
There are plenty of candidates for blame in the current mortgage meltdown. Yet the ability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate mortgage fraud and other financial crimes is increasingly being called into question. The FBI and the Department of Justice are the agencies [...]

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