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Hosts: Ernie Lee

Channel: Business

Mortgage Fraud

by Ernie Lee, August 4, 2007 - 9:12am

Show notes

Coastal Lawyer, Ernie Lee, discusses mortgage fraud: what it is and how to prevent it from happening to you.

Length: 17:54 minutes
File size: 16.4 MB

This file was played in a web browser 8 times and downloaded 225 times when statistics were kept between May 12, 2008 and October 4, 2009.

Tags: fraud, mortgage, mortgage fraud, real estate, real property

Cicely Luis's picture
Cicely Luis

This was a good and very timely subject to discuss. As a realtor in Augusta, Ga., I have been involved in a morgage fraud case. I found out just before the closing that the attorney's office had a forged contract and that's when everything came to a screeching halt. My seller called the FBI and they have talked to LOTS of people. The FBI takes this subject VERY seriously. Our board of realtors has sponsored several classes to teach realtors how to identify mortgage fraud and not unknowingly commit it. Sometimes, we can be involved and not even realize it.

Posted on August 5, 2007 - 12:51pm

Jan's picture
Jan

Was this investigation resolved already? Did the FBI file charges against those subprime mortgage companies?

-Jan
Real Estate Resource

Posted on April 4, 2008 - 3:06am