CHICAGO Hardly a day goes by without a settlement between a bank and a U.S. government agency or regulator. The latest one is between Bank of America and the government-backed mortgage underwriter…

A Delray Beach, Fla., mortgage broker who used false appraisals to back mortgage applications for properties, including some in the Pittsburgh area, was found guilty of mortgage fraud conspiracy by a federal…

A former Youngstown man who promoted tax-and mortgage-fraud conspiracy schemes has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison and ordered to make $544,582 in restitution. Steven R. Hinz, 41, formerly of…

A disbarred lawyer, who previously admitted to taking part in a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme, was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison, then pleaded guilty to separate charges in Westchester…

A former senior vice president and loan officer at Pierce Commercial Bank was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 10 years in prison and…

Lawyer gets home confinement for failing to report boss’s mortgage fraud. By Sheri QualtersContactAll Articles. The National Law Journal. January 29, 2013. On January 28, Chief Judge Patti Saris of the District…

Three people have been linked to an alleged mortgage fraud scheme targeting struggling homeowners on the Coast and across Northern California, according to Attorney General Kamala Harris. Harris announced…

At 4:06 p.m., a Humphrey Street caller reported receiving numerous hang-up calls. At 4:42 p.m., a Puritan Road resident came into the station and reported that someone had taken out a mortgage and a loan in his…

On Friday, it was announced by Federal officials that a Montgomery County man has been indicted for operating a massive mortgage fraud scheme which resulted in $20 million in losses. The 62-year old, was a self…

The total amount of possible mortgage fraud nationwide rose 1.1 percent from July to September 2012 from the previous quarter, according to new statistics from Kroll Factual Data. And while there were increases…