While potential mortgage fraud is a serious offense, the use of a federal regulatory body to pursue a political appointee has been characterized as an even greater breach of public trust. A criminal referral for alleged mortgage fraud against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has ignited a firestorm,

President Trump escalated his attacks on the Federal Reserve by demanding the resignation of Fed Governor Lisa Cook over unproven mortgage fraud allegations, which she denies.

Some of Merchants’ rise was powered by loans to a group of players now in hot water. These operators made fraudulent transactions

Martin, wearing a beige trench coat, visited the Clinton Hill brownstone just one week after being appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead parallel mortgage fraud probes into James and California Sen. Adam Schiff, The New York Post reported.