Barbara Nelan, Assistant United States Attorney from Georgia has handled hundreds of mortgage fraud cases.  On this panel, she matches wits with Douglas McNabb, a noted criminal law attorney who represents mortgage fraud defendants, to argue the hottest fraud issues before the courts today.  Moderated by mortgage fraud expert Ann Fulmer, prosecution and defense battle it out while attendees learn how to structure evidence to provide criminal prosecutors with the best chance of success.

Mortgage fraud is on the rise! Despite increased lender attention to fraud prevention, statistics for 2006 show a 44% increase in mortgage fraud suspicious activities reports over 2005. The changing real estate market has resulted in a plethora of new fraud schemes and new twists on old techniques. To learn how to be a survivor in the current marketplace, you need to attend the Mortgage Fraud Blog Conference.

Mortgage Fraud Blog is the premiere site for mortgage fraud news and information and its editor, Rachel Dollar, is at the forefront of the fight against fraud. This conference is focused on guiding lenders, mortgage brokers and other industry participants in identifying and preventing fraud and recovering losses when lenders are victimized. Led by industry experts and top-notch attorneys, the conference will begin a new dialogue and provide participants with tools to use in their daily efforts.

Participants will also be provided with a complimentary copy of Protect Yourself from Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud, co-authored by Rachel Dollar and Ralph Roberts.

• Learn to develop and effectively present evidence to management, attorneys and law enforcement
• Watch prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys argue common fraud issues and learn
• Hear about options for recovery of fraud losses and find out what types of recovery actions are most successful
• Discover effective arguments on both sides of the repurchase issue

• Know what the new schemes are and how they operate
• Understand what industry experts and law enforcement believe are the next vulnerable areas that fraudsters will target
• Be able to identify your organizational objectives and structure policies and procedures to meet them
• Know how and why appraisers commit fraud and how to protect your company
• Understand the industry and legislative initiatives being developed to combat fraud