FBI probing 14 firms for mortgage fraud
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Complaints about potential mortgage fraud are up during the subprime mortgage crisis, and the FBI has opened criminal investigations of 14 companies related to sub-prime mortgage loans, the agency said Tuesday.
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Fraud is running rampant in the nation's mortgage industry, with nearly three times as many reports of suspicious activity so far this year compared with 2001, a top FBI official said Friday.
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An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignite...
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Fidelity Investments yesterday said that it disciplined 14 stock traders and that two others left the company amid an investigation by federal regulators into traders accepting lavish gifts and entertainment from brokers to whom they directed business.
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The Feds are targeting 14 companies for possible subprime shenanigans. Who might they be?
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Business & money: Criminal investigation into possible fraud and insider trading involves some of world's largest banks
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Identity thieves may have obtained information on thousands of Wells Fargo mortgage and student loan customers.
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The Justice Department has begun a criminal investigation into mortgage giant Fannie Mae, which has been accused of earnings manipulation and ordered to revamp its accounting, it was learned Thursday.
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The Federal Reserve Board and other federal and state regulators announced plans yesterday to review the practices of lenders who are significant players in the troubled subprime home mortgage market, which typically caters to borrowers with blemished credit.
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The number of mortgage fraud cases investigated by the FBI almost doubled in the past three years, reflecting a problem that is "pervasive and growing," the bureau said yesterday in its annual report on financial crimes.
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The FBI probes 14 firms embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as it cracks down on improper lending.
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The U.S. Justice Department has  opened up several investigations into whether borrowers faced  discriminated by providers of mortgages and other credit  products, an official told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Mortgage lenders hunting for delinquent homeowners who have dodged their phone calls and letters are employing aggressive new methods to track them down, potentially making every knock on the door or fancy envelope seem like part of the pursuit. Even wedding invitations are suspect.
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The shadow of an FBI investigation spread across the subprime mortgage crisis on Tuesday, while the U.S. Congress moved closer to emergency relief for millions of distressed homeowners.
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The US Department of Justice is considering whether to conduct a criminal investigation into accounting fraud at Fannie Mae, the biggest US mortgage finance company, and has yet to
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The FBI has opened investigations into 14 corporations as part of a crackdown on improper subprime lending, agency officials said on Tuesday.
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Securities regulators are probing  several brokerage firms dealing with collateralized mortgage  obligations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.