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Businesses are being urged to "recognise the threat' of fraud after a 9% jump in reported cases last year.
A Cheltenham & Gloucester mortgage adviser has admitted to helping two brothers fraudulently obtain mortgages worth £700,000 by ignoring discrepancies on their loan applications.
A former magistrate found guilty of a £360,000 mortgage fraud has been spared a jail sentence after a judge ruled her behaviour “wholly uncharacteristic”.
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Two fraudulent mortgage advisers who appealed fines by the regulator have been hit with higher fines than the original ruling after a hearing at the financial services Upper Tribunal.
The FSA today handed out the second largest fine for an intermediary to a London-based mortgage for repeated mortgage fraud and deliberately misleading the regulator.
A government-backed scheme to tackle mortgage application fraud will officially launch on 1 September, enabling lenders to check details of borrowers they suspect of fraud through HM Revenue & Customs.
A senior surveyor who took gifts worth £1m for her part in a £10m mortgage scam for London properties has been jailed for six years.
Four men have been jailed for a total of nine years for fraudulently obtaining mortgages on three properties in Bradford.
A senior surveyor who took gifts worth £1m for her part in a £10m mortgage scam for London properties has been convicted of fraud at the Old Bailey.
The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has hit back at lenders who claimed third parties, including brokers, represented some of the industry's biggest fraud risks.
Mortgage lenders have identified third parties such as solicitors, brokers and valuers as being among the main sources of fraud risk.
Former chartered surveyor Ian McGarry, jailed yesterday for seven years for his part in a £50m mortgage fraud, is to appeal the sentence, which his solicitor branded as “manifestly excessive”.
Scottish millionaire boxing promoter Barry Hughes has appeared in court accused with his wife of committing a £1.5m mortgage fraud.
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