Former NYC Police Commissioner Charged With Mortgage Fraud

Bernard B. Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner and commissioner of the New York City Department of Corrections, has been charged with making false statements on a loan application in connection with purchase of a Riverdale, N.Y., apartment. According to Michael J. Garcia, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Mr. Kerik, who was unavailable for comment, allegedly borrowed part of the downpayment from a Manhattan Realtor, but falsely denied that he had done so to the bank that extended him the mortgage loan for his purchase of the apartment.

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