Mortgage fraud is on the rise as more buyers are inflating their incomes in order to qualify for new purchases. Roughly one in every...

Prices are up, interest rates are rising, and it’s tough for a lot of people to qualify to buy a home. So what do...

Federal officials are in the middle of one of the largest investigations into mortgage fraud since the financial crisis. Investigators are looking into alleged...

A federal judge revoked Paul Manafort’s bail on Friday, sending the former Trump campaign chair to jail ahead of his two trials on fraud...

After a pre-sentencing hearing on Thursday, landlord Daniel Melamed was sent to jail for 20 days where he will wait for a Feb. 14...

A new lawsuit claims landlord Steve Croman, who is serving jail time for mortgage and tax fraud, illegally deregulated apartments in East Harlem. The...

A New Jersey-based lender agreed to pay $45 million to settle claims that it improperly serviced home loans in 49 states, including New York....

Fraud in connection with home mortgages is on the rise, ranging from little white lies about the intended use of the property all the...

Bank of America is off the hook for a $1.27 billion fraud penalty for its Countrywide Financial division’s role in selling toxic mortgages to...

From the August issue: It’s one of the most common lies that home buyers tell mortgage lenders, and it may be on the upswing: In...

Scammers are conning millions out of cash-strapped New York homeowners, according to a new study to be released Monday. Some 2,700 families across the...

From the South Florida site: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman accused a Miami law firm and its Brooklyn affiliate with running a fraudulent...

Bank of America is close to agreeing to pay as much as $17 billion to settle the mortgage-fraud case with the Justice Department. If...

In a twist of sweet irony, a Queens mortgage scammer, convicted of defrauding distressed homeowners, is seeing his own home overrun with squatters. Since...

 More than half a decade into the foreclosure crisis, the big banks still haven’t cleaned up their act, according to a new administrator’s report....

While mortgage fraud is on the decline overall, persistent cheaters are now turning to an especially dangerous scam: inflating their incomes and assets.

A lawsuit against two dozen banks and mortgage servicers is alleging that New York City and New York State have been the victims of...

Teresa Giudice, star of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” has been charged with 39 counts of fraud, ranging from mortgage fraud to tax...

Paul Rivera, a top aide to embattled Brooklyn State Senator John Sampson, has stepped down, following a new FBI probe into Sampson’s role in a $14...

A Brooklyn congressman that went after Countrywide’s controversial mortgage lending practices allegedly benefited from a home loan from the very same firm. The New...