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Partnership on Mortgage Fraud

Equity skimming. Property flipping. Straw buyers. Inflated appraisals. These are some of the schemes criminals are using to take advantage of a .37 trillion mortgage market in the U.S. To fight the scourge, we've partnered with leading representatives of the mortgage finance industry.
 

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