Mortgage Fraud

Suspected Mortgage Fraud

News Releases

  • Third Quarter Reports of Mortgage Fraud Up Slightly (01/06/2011) HTML | PDF
  • Mortgage Fraud Suspicious Activity Reports Rise (12/14/2010) HTML | PDF
  • Department of Justice/FBI Los Angeles Field Office News Release: Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Holds Mortgage Fraud Summit in Los Angeles (9/30/2010) HTML Only
  • FinCEN Reports Suspicious Activity Related to Mortgage Fraud in 2009 HTML |PDF
  • FinCEN Analysis: Foreclosure Rescue Scam Reports Increase (06/17/2010) HTML | PDF
  • FinCEN Warns Lenders to Guard Against Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Fraud Schemes (04/27/2010) HTML | PDF
  • Department of Justice News Release: Attorney General Holder, Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Announce New Funding Distribution for Enforcement Efforts at Mortgage Fraud Summit in Phoenix (03/25/2010) HTML Only
  • Department of Justice News Release: Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Hosts Mortgage Fraud Summit in Miami (02/24/2010) HTML Only
  • FinCEN Issues Mortgage Loan Fraud Update; Warns of Foreclosure Rescue Scam Techniques (02/18/2010) HTML | PDF
  • FinCEN Report Shows Connection With Mortgage Fraud and Other Financial Crime (03/16/2009) HTML | PDF
  • FinCEN Mortgage Fraud Report – Growth in Mortgage Repurchases Increases Fraud Detection (02/25/2009) HTML | PDF
  • FinCEN Releases Updated Mortgage Fraud Report (04/03/2008) HTML | PDF
  • FinCEN Assessment Reveals Suspected Mortgage Loan Fraud Continues to Rise (11/03/2006) HTML | PDF

Reports

  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Update: Suspicious Activity Report Filings from July 1, 2010-September 30, 2010 (January 2011) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Update: Suspicious Activity Report Filings from April 1-June 30, 2010 (December 2010) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Update: Suspicious Activity Report Filings from January 1-March 31, 2010 (December 2010) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Update: Suspicious Activity Report Filings from October 1-December 31, 2009 (July 2010) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud: Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Scams – Evolving Trends and Patterns in Bank Secrecy Act Reporting (June 2010) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Update: Suspicious Activity Report Filings from July 1-September 30, 2009 (February 2010) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Update (published in The SAR Activity Review - Trends, Tips & Issues [Issue 16, October 2009]) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud Connections with Other Financial Crime (March 2009) PDF Only
  • Filing Trends in Mortgage Loan Fraud (February 2009) PDF Only
  • Mortgage Loan Fraud: An Update of Trends based Upon an Analysis of Suspicious Activity Reports (April 2008) PDF Only
  • FinCEN Mortgage Loan Fraud Assessment (November 2006) HTML | PDF

Advisories

  • Updated Advisory (FIN-2010-A006) to Financial Institutions on Filing Suspicious Activity Reports Regarding Loan Modification/Foreclosure Rescue Scams HTMLPDF

Speeches

  • Prepared Remarks of FinCEN Director James H. Freis, Jr. before the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (03/16/2009) HTML | PDF

Testimony

  • Prepared Congressional Testimony of FinCEN Director Freis Regarding Efforts to Combat Mortgage Loan Fraud and Foreclosure Rescue Fraud (05/06/2009) HTML | PDF

Suspected Money Laundering in the Residential Real Estate Industry

News Releases

  • FinCEN Report Warns of Money Laundering Methods and Trends in Residential Real Estate Industry (05/01/2008) HTML | PDF

Reports

  • Suspected Money Laundering in the Residential Real Estate Industry: An Assessment Based Upon Suspicious Activity Report Filing Analysis (April 2008) PDF Only

Suspected Money Laundering in the Commercial Real Estate Industry

News Releases

  • FinCEN Sees Growth in Suspected Money Laundering in Commercial Real Estate Industry (12/05/2006) HTML | PDF

Reports

  • Money Laundering in the Commercial Real Estate Industry: An Assessment Based Upon Suspicious Activity Reporting Filing Analysis (December 2006) HTML | PDF

Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (Reverse Mortgages)

News Releases

  • FinCEN Warns Lenders to Guard Against Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Fraud Schemes (04/27/2010) HTML | PDF

Advisories

  • Advisory (FIN-2010-A005) to Financial Institutions on Filing Suspicious Activity Reports Regarding Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Fraud Schemes HTML | PDF

Mortgage Fraud Cases Supported by BSA Filings

Other Resources

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