Got Fraud? The Thief Could Be Someone You Know

For many years I was a fraud investigator, researching cases of fraud after the fact.  My job was to find out who committed the fraud so we could report them to the police, or try to get the money back for the bank.  It was an interesting job.  And it opened my eyes. I spoke […]

Mortgage Fraud Risk Falls to Historic Low

First American today released the First American Loan Application Defect Index for January 2020, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. The index, which is released each quarter, shows that mortgage fraud risk has dropped to its lowest level in the last 9 years in large part […]