Mortgage Fraud : Federal Criminal Provisions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business cycles.

Fraud.

Mortgages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews types of mortgage fraud and its perceived role in the financial crisis. Analyzes statutory sources of Federal criminal liability for fraudulent actions taken in the primary mortgage market (fraud committed by borrowers, brokers, lenders, or others during the mortgage origination process). Examines S. 336, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, to expand scope of existing mortgage fraud criminal provisions. Discusses statutes implicated by fraudulent actions in the secondary mortgage market.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Mortgage Fraud

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