Brian Tray of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to 41 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised release for his connection with a mortgage fraud scheme. According to information presented in the court, Tray worked as a loan officer for, among other places, America's Mortgage Outlet and Single Source Mortgage. In connection with numerous loans, Tray submitted loan applications on behalf of borrowers that he knew contained false information related to the borrowers' income and financial condition. In addition, Tray submitted fraudulent documents to the lending institutions, including fraudulent verifications of employment, verifications of rent and appraisals.
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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.
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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.
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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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