A Washington, DC tax accountant pleaded guilty for submitting falsified documents in his application for a $1.4 million purchase loan, which he later received.

United Wholesale Mortgage's legal battles and the passing of David Stevens top the list of important mortgage news in 2024.

From mail theft to video games, a variety of trends shaped scams and fraud in 2024 — and made the schemes more expensive for everyone.

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said Friday that regulators — chief among them the Fed itself — need to do more to combat check fraud, particularly the problem of smaller banks not being reimbursed by larger banks whose checks are altered.

This is the second short-sale fraud case to make headlines in recent weeks, following the conviction of a New York businessman in November.

Lenders have 36 hours to notify HUD of incidents, similar to Ginnie Mae's stringent 48-hour window.

In a report Tuesday, credit bureau Experian predicted that government identity systems could get an update in the coming year. Here's what else could happen.

The perpetrators conspired to manipulate the short-sale process following the Great Financial Crisis, allowing them to renovate and flip homes for well above the original selling price and leading to millions in losses for lenders and government insurers.

Critical defects increased for the second consecutive three-month period, with appraisal-related errors nearly doubling, Aces Quality Management said.

The Treasury's financial crimes arm alerted banks to the dangers of AI-powered fraud, urging close monitoring and swift reporting of any suspicious activity.

AI-backed detection tools contributed to a significant spike in the dollar amount potentially saved from fraud this year, according to the Treasury Department.

The settlement pending a judge's approval would end the lawsuit over a hack last December.

The perpetrator faces up to 150 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for December.

The Bay Area lender said an unauthorized party was in its servers for over five weeks this spring.

As home prices rise, leading to larger transaction amounts, Certifid doubled the amount of wire fraud insurance coverage provided for transfers it vets.

The scam involves unlicensed lenders offering phony warehouse lines of credit that have led to monetary losses in the thousands and the compromise of confidential borrower information.

Following a breach at National Public Data, the National Consumer Law Center recommended consumers consider a credit freeze, but that could also hinder a mortgage applicant's home purchase depending on where they are in the process, an expert says.

Rule changes would come after a fraud investigation uncovered falsified numbers at a leading finance firm, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The litigation involved more than 100 loans, many insured by the Federal Housing Administration, with volume totaling approximately $55 million.

In a new survey of bank executives from IntraFi, 90% of respondents said instances of check fraud have increased in recent years and half want law enforcement to make check fraud a bigger priority to stop criminals from stealing checks in the mail.