Jonathan Yasko pleaded guilty to diverting monies in real estate transactions to cover unrelated closings, and to pay for his own cars and personal travel.

It is only in the past 10 years or so that banks and mortgage lenders have faced heightened risk from wire fraud losses. In this time period, lenders have been forced to uncover and defend the ...

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Fannie Mae claims that it is seeing fewer cases of multifamily mortgage fraud following a years-long effort to crackdown.

Mortgage brokers are starting to feel the "big squeeze" not just on the revenue side of the mortgage industry, but also from cost-cutting pressures coming at them from lenders. Lenders are driven to ...

A manager of numerous sober homes in Massachusetts has been sentenced to federal prison for fraud schemes involving sober ...

President Donald Trump has called New York Attorney General Letitia James “a total crook.” By: MEGA A new investigation has found that Donald Trump and one of his biggest political enemies now have ...

WASHINGTON — In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday, lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook disputed allegations by a Trump administration official that she committed mortgage ...

President Donald Trump engaged in a mortgage arrangement that closely resembles loans he has called potentially criminal "mortgage fraud" in accusations leveled at several of his targets, according to ...

Mortgage fraud is increasing, according to property market analytics company Cotality. Mortgage fraud can impact homeowners’ and real estate professionals’ finances, futures and property. Learning ...

In August, Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, accused Cook of committing mortgage fraud by declaring two different homes—one in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the other in Atlanta—as ...

If you're in the market for a new home and looking to sign a mortgage, be sure you know what you're signing. Improper or inaccurate statements on your mortgage agreement can come back to bite you and ...