Fraud By Mortgage Companies Key Cause of Foreclosures
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
http://www.consumerwarningnetwork.com/2009/05/11/fraud-by-mortgage-companies-key-cause-of-foreclosures/
Figuring out just how much junk major banks have on the books was a goal of the federal governments just released stress test for the 19 major banks receiving federal bail-out dollars. Theres still no clear answer, but we continue to see more evidence that a high percentage of sub-prime mortgages were steeped in fraud and have a high probability of failure.
The American News Project just released the video above which reports fraud carried out by employees of major sub-prime lenders, like Ameriquest, was a key factor in the mortgage meltdown. Consumer Warning Network first reported our findings on this very issue more than a year ago, and is cited in the ANP report. ANP reporter Lagan Sebert talks with a former Ameriquest employee who says her company promoted a system rife with fraud as a way to make profits faster.
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Criminal fraud may be the most underreported aspect of our current financial crisis. In this “Road to Ruin” report, former subprime lenders from Ameriquest, once the country’s largest lender, describe a system rife with fraud. They describe how a “by-any-means-necessary” policy pushed employees to cut corners and falsify documents on bad 
