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Monday, August 25, 2008

Florida tops 1Q mortgage fraud list

Incidents of mortgage fraud jumped 42 percent nationwide, with Florida reporting the highest number of cases.Properties in the Sunshine State accounted for nearly a quarter of all mortgage fraud incidents.The most common mortgage fraud cases included misrepresenting income, employment history, and debt and assets.Mortgage fraud has represented about $1 billion in losses over the past decade.Maryland had an unusually high percentage- 69 percent of its cases involved tax return and financial statement misrepresentation.

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