A onetime Sarasota-area mortgage broker was sentenced to five years in federal prison for what authorities called a sophisticated mortgage fraud scheme. Arthur Seaborne, 70, pleaded guilty to conspiring to…

A Jackson man is accused of submitting false documents as part of a $10 million mortgage fraud scheme, the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a press release. Joseph DiValli, 44, worked as a loan of…

FBI agents Thursday arrested a Lyndhurst man and eight other people in connection with a series of mortgage fraud schemes that bilked nearly $10 million from lenders, authorities said. The defendants allegedly…

He and others then submitted fraudulent mortgage loan applications to lenders for these same clients, omitting the fact that the down payment had been loaned to them and overstating assets. Over the course of…

The News HeraldLonett Rochell Williams, 47, Woodland Hills, California, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and six…

New research shows mortgage fraud is on the rise, prompting lenders to become more diligent in their loan application reviews. Reports of possible fraud on loan applications processed by Kroll Factual Data rose…

Hoda Samuel, 60, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mortgage fraud and of 30 individual counts of mail fraud, said Lauren Horwood, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of California. Samuel…

A federal grand jury indicted mortgage broker Joshua S. Goldberg today, alleging he helped steal $2.5 million from various lenders through a mortgage fraud scheme in Baltimore. City Paper first outlined the…

A Dallas man accused of leading a large mortgage fraud ring went on trial in San Antonio on Tuesday in connection with a scheme that left lenders holding the bag for more than $50 million in bad loans. Robert…

Remember when it was revealed that Lindsey Hunter was being investigated by the FBI for mortgage fraud? (If you need a refresher — this happened in 2008, after all — read this and this.) Turns out that’s…