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...MORTGAGES 46,700 Number of cases of U.S. mortgage fraud in 2007. False information on mortgage applications has cost the banking industry $1 billion over the past decade 2% Percentage of properties in foreclosure last year in Florida, the American state with the highest rate of mortgage fraud...
...Number of U.S. mortgage-fraud reports in 2007. Deliberate deception on mortgage applications has cost the banking industry $1 billion over the past decade...
...climbed up the political power ladder as Attorney General of New York, prosecuting white-collar crime, securities fraud, and even prostitution. He ascended to the Governorship in 2006, promising voters a change in “the ethics of Albany.” Ironically, just two years into office, Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught spending $4,300 for a few hours with a prostitute. It appears that Spitzer, more so than Albany, needs to change his brand of ethics. Given that his was a political career shaped by a fight against corporate corruption, Spitzer’s hypocrisy...
...basically decided to proceed as a conservative measure with notifying the individuals who have been impacted and lining up the [identity theft] services for those individuals.” The University has contracted the security firm Kroll Inc. to offer identity protection services, including credit reports and setting up fraud alerts. The hacker made a portion of the server’s contents available for download through a popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing site, “The Pirate Bay,” where users can easily obtain large files. The data made available through that site contained...
...Eliot Spitzer always had a complex relationship with authority. As attorney general of New York - the position he held for eight years before winning the governorship - he made a name for himself by aggressively prosecuting Wall Street fraud; this magazine called him "Crusader of the Year...