Fraud
Fraud
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said artificial intelligence has not yet had a material impact on the labor market, but governments and businesses should be prepared nonetheless.
September 29 -
Gold Star Mortgage hasn't said whether it suffered a data breach after cybercriminals claim to have compromised over 10,000 documents from the lender.
September 28 -
The Interlock group allegedly seized over 2 terabytes of data from NFM Lending, including its Encompass data, employee files and other internal information.
September 24 -
Seller-impersonation attempts more than doubled in two years, with artificial intelligence providing fraudsters new tools to commit crimes, a report said.
September 14 -
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has barred 51 people from working with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this year, the most suspensions in any calendar year.
September 8 -
Academy Mortgage's deal will cover around 285,000 class members. It's the sixth deal this year by a mortgage firm seeking to squash consumer complaints.
August 28 -
Cyberattacks involving artificial intelligence were up 56% in the past year and added on average $1 million to businesses' data breach expenses.
August 19 -
The lending arm of the home builder giant says it was hit this spring with two separate social engineering-based hacks that it believes were unrelated.
August 18 -
Regulators specifically called out Academy's directors for their failure to properly oversee operations and conduct audits in a consent order.
August 14 -
Rate movements changed market dynamics from early-year forecasts, contributing to risk signals in one out of every 119 applications, according to Cotality.
August 6 -
The borrower allegedly forged a VA document that claimed exempt-free status, leading the lender to mistakenly cover the cost on his behalf, prosecutors said.
August 5 -
AnnieMac Home Mortgage will pay 171,074 customers impacted in a 2024 hack, making it the fourth lender in recent weeks to end a class action suit over a breach.
July 31 -
Christopher J. Gallo, formerly of NJ Lenders Corp., generated billions of dollars in loan volume over a five-year stretch that prosecutors scrutinized.
July 30 -
Loandepot is arguing that its local rival, West Capital Lending, has no standing to sue it over the statute meant to protect consumers from predatory lending.
July 29 -
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NJ Lenders suffered a cyberattack last August, which potentially exposed the names and social security numbers of about 30,000 individuals.
July 24 -
Though the crimes occurred earlier this decade, they highlight how much easier it has become to create false documents today, given the rise of artificial intelligence.
July 24 -
Virginia-based McLean Mortgage, a billion-dollar originator as recently as 2022, was hit by a cyberattack as the company was all-but-closed in late 2024.
July 23 -
HUD found financial mismanagement, inadequate fraud controls, false certifications and improper payments within the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority.
July 21 -
Three more states passed title fraud legislation this past quarter, but over two dozen states are either still mulling reforms or have no relevant statutes.
July 15






