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April 29, 2014
Mortgage Fraud
Office of Inspector General Offers Suggestions to the DOJ to Combat Mortgage Fraud
In yesterday’s post, we began examining a recent audit of the Department of Justice with regard to its mortgage fraud division. Specifically, the Office of Inspector general reviewed several reports offered by the DOJ since the 2008 housing bubble burst and questioned the Department’s record-keeping and prioritization of this devastating […]
April 28, 2014
Mortgage Fraud
Office of Inspector General Reveals Several Weak Areas of DOJ’s Response to Mortgage Fraud
We regularly report on the effects of mortgage fraud, including several high-profile cases between the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and several large banking institutions. Mortgage fraud can occur in any number of ways, including false assertions by lenders that borrowers should qualify for mortgage insurance or failing […]
March 24, 2014
Mortgage Fraud
Dedicated Whistleblower Receives Record-Breaking Reward in JP Morgan Case
If you have original information about possible fraud against the government, you may be considering speaking with a whistleblower attorney but are not sure whether it is worth the effort. While this is a common fear associated with qui tam lawsuits, there are also great benefits to filing your lawsuit. […]
February 13, 2014
Mortgage Fraud
JP Morgan Settles with Department of Justice for $614 Million
JP Morgan, which is currently the largest U.S. banking entity in terms of assets, agreed earlier this week to settle claims under the False Claims Act involving fraudulent assertions that certain home loans were appropriate for government-backed mortgage insurance. The bank, which is no stranger to settling matters with the […]
July 1, 2013
Mortgage Fraud
Countrywide Whistleblower Receives $14.5 Million in Mortgage Fraud Case
After filing a 2009 qui tam lawsuit against Countrywide Financial on behalf of the United States government, whistleblower Kyle Lagow has learned that he will receive a relator’s share of $14.5 million. Lagow, who formerly worked as an appraiser with Countrywide subsidiary LandSafe Inc., accused the lender of fraudulently inflating […]
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