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

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2009

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. Examines S. 336, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, to expand scope of existing mortgage fraud criminal provisions; and debate over existing Federal framework. Discusses statutes implicated by fraudulent actions in the secondary mortgage market

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Mortgage Fraud

Publisher Number:

CRS-2009-AML-0244

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