After pleading guilty to charges related to his participation in a $3.6 million mortgage fraud scheme, Orlando M. Gonzalez of Wellington, Fla., was sentenced to 46 months in prison. Gonzalez was charged with two counts of wire fraud involving one property. The fraud scheme caused a $400,000 loss to National City Bank. In addition, Gonzalez was charged in another two counts with stealing an individual's identity to obtain an American Express credit account, and then using that credit account to obtain more than $33,000 in money, merchandise and services.
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A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.
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Issuances of new HECM-backed securities dropped off in June on both a monthly and yearly basis, according to a new report from New View Advisors.
July 2 -
The vote to approve the $12 per share deal, which rejected a hostile bid from UWM Holdings, came following several postponements of a special meeting.
July 2 -
A mortgage customer claims his data was compromised in a hack last year at a tax and accounting firm reportedly used by the wholesale giant.
July 2 -
The government-sponsored enterprise clamped down on project review requirements and certain factory-built home appraisals while loosening other guidelines.
July 2 -
The June jobs report is creating an overhang on economist forecasts for interest rates going forward, especially when combined with recent inflation data.
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