Mortgage Fraud Cases USA (wgvu) - DETROIT (AP) - The U.S. attorney's office in Detroit has charged
28 people with mortgage fraud in 15 separate criminal cases.
U.S. Attorney Stephen Murphy said Thursday the offenses, which
led to losses of more than $50 million, include wire, mail and bank
fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. The suspects are from the
Detroit and Flint areas.
Earlier this year, the Mortgage Asset Research Institute said
Florida led the led the nation in mortgage fraud in 2007 for the
second straight year, followed by Nevada, Michigan, California,
Utah and Georgia. The institute is a subsidiary of Alpharetta,
Ga.-based technology and information services company ChoicePoint
Inc.
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