We're still No. 1. But save the confetti. Florida ranks highest among all states for mortgage fraud, according to a report released Monday by Reston, Va.-based Mortgage Asset Research Institute. ...more

August 26, 2008

Florida ranks highest among all states for mortgage fraud, according to a report released today by Reston, Va.-based Mortgage Asset Research Institute. ...more

August 25, 2008

When the Clemency Board last year approved Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to automatically restore the voting rights of most felons, Attorney General Bill McCollum was the lone holdout. Now in the wake of the state's mortgage-broker scandal, McCollum is again painting all ex-offenders with a broad brush. ...more

August 18, 2008

The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a plea agreement with a St. Petersburg man accused of participating in a complicated mortgage fraud scheme. ...more

August 14, 2008

The U.S. Attorney's Office has reached a plea agreement with a St. Petersburg man accused of participating in a complicated mortgage fraud scheme. ...more

August 13, 2008

Two men accused of an $83 million mortgage loan scheme are asking a judge to let them travel while they are free on bond. ...more

August 12, 2008

The outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business, no matter what crime they committed. ...more

August 11, 2008

The Republicans had control of Congress for over 12 years and were responsible in committee for oversight; checks and balances for the  three branches is the basis. Yet Americans are on the verge of destruction in many areas that cried for oversight. From bank and mortgage fraud and infusing taxpayer dollars into the stock market for speculators and profiteers I am reminded of the big crash of years ago. Scandal and thievery has rocked Congress because those Republicans and senators got greedy. Taxpayers are bailing out Bears and Sterns now Indy-Mac, Freddy-Mac and Fannie-Mae are all in line for money as a result of oversight. World-Com, and Enron used creative accounting to destroy those companies and Republicans did nothing; corruption, gifts, payoffs and bribes will continue to surface. ...more

August 4, 2008

The Outcry over Florida's mortgage brokering scandal has fueled tough new talk about keeping felons out of the business – no matter what crime they committed. ...more

August 1, 2008

The revelation that more than 10,000 convicted criminals have been welcomed with open arms into Florida's mortgage industry is shocking, even in light of the state's sleazy, anything-goes history. ...more

July 31, 2008