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…

(Source: FBI) – BALTIMORE A federal grand jury indicted Joshua S. Goldberg today on charges of conspiracy to commit and committing wire fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in which fraudulent…

Jeanette R. Salsi, Alice Lorraine Barneyand and Sonja Lightfoot, each of whom played important roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that crippled now defunct Pierce Commercial Bank were sentenced in U.S. District…

Schelton Assoumou of Brooklyn, New York, a real estate developer, was arrested on charges of bank fraud and wire fraud for his participation in a multi-year mortgage fraud scheme. The defendant’s initial…

COLUMBUS Deborah L. Kistner, 50, and her husband, Mark A. Kistner, 52, both of Hilliard, pleaded guilty three days after their trial started on a $7 million mortgage fraud scheme they carried out between…

Columbia, South Carolina —- United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Scott M. Wickersham, age 33, of Summerville, pled guilty today in federal court in Charleston, to one count of Conspiracy…