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1 Thursday, November 29, 2007 Mortgage Fraud Investigations 1
2 DUE DILIGENCE & MORTGAGE FRAUD Jim Vaules, CEO NFC Global LLC November 29,
3 In God We Trust, Everyone Else Bring Data!!!! 3 Due Diligence, Investigations and Risk Consulting
4 MORTGAGE FRAUD Mortgage fraud is a material misstatement, misrepresentation, or omission relating to the property or potential mortgage relied on by an underwriter or lender to fund, purchase or insure a loan FBI 4
5 MORTGAGE DUE DILIGENCE Due diligence on individual loans is the topic that we are all here to discuss. If basic due diligence on individual loans is not conducted properly, the loan can potentially go bad and thus lead to securitization and regulatory issues for the lender and/or the investor. 5
6 U.S. Public Records Person Locators Marriage & Divorce Voter Registrations Professional Licenses Real Property Personal Property Bankruptcy Petitions UCC filings Judgments & Liens Incorporation records Civil/Criminal Filings Jury Verdicts & Settlements Driver s License OFAC Sanctions lists Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 7
7 INFORMATION NETWORK INFORMATION NETWORK 8
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9 FRAUD FOR PROPERTY Goal is to acquire and maintain ownership of property under false pretenses Illegal actions solely by the borrower Commons schemes include asset fraud, occupancy fraud, employment fraud, income fraud, debt elimination fraud, identity theft and straw buyers 10
10 BORROWER Intra-family transactions PO Box address Association to Appraiser or Broker ID theft Can the borrower afford the loan Title History Verify the borrower still works at the employer Verify work and home telephones The main contact number is a cell phone 11
11 FRAUD FOR PROFIT Motive is to revolve equity, falsely inflate property values, or issue loans on fictitious properties 80% of reported cases involve collusion by industry insiders Committed by brokers, real estate agents, appraisers, settlement agents. SAR s filed indicate common activities include, appraisal fraud, flipping, straw buyers and identity theft 12
12 BROKER FACTS The Broker has the best opportunity to stop fraud, and thus the best opportunity to conduct it. Pre-funding quality control of Brokers needs to be in place and conducted regularly Brokers are key to developing information submitted for loan underwriting 13
13 APPRAISER Verify that Appraiser license is current with state agencies If second Appraiser is used, that license needs to be verified as well Make sure comparables are current and geographically correct Confirm that Appraisal Report matches physical address of the loan 14
14 ASSET RENTAL PROVIDER OF ASSETS CONTRIBUTION DEBENTURE 1%/ MONTH HOLDING COMPANY OTC Stock Ginnie Mae Certificate of Deposit Mortgage INSURANCE COMPANY 15
15 Return on Fraudulent Assets $1M Bank 60% Due Diligence FBI $600,000 Insurance Company 3-1 Ratio State Regulators No Law Enforcement $3m Off-Shore Insurance Company (ReInsurance) 8-1 Ratio No Regulations No Law Enforcement $8m 16
16 Top Con Artist Attributes and Red Flags 100% - Boast of international contacts 100% - Boast of ability to raise capital 96% - Often have civil judgments pending 95% - Involved with shell companies 95% - Use PO Boxes or MBE s 82% - Involved in failed real estate deals 80% - Gaps of nonconfirmable employment 78% - Abused Credit Cards 78% - Held Sales Jobs in early years 17
17 RECENT EXAMPLE Les Tarrance Sr., Montgomery County business owner, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud after orchestrating an elaborate scam with two co-conspirators to defraud mortgage companies across the country out of more than $11 million. According to his plea agreement, Tarrance could avoid possible convictions for other crimes related to the scheme - including laundering of monetary instruments and aiding and abetting - and prison time, by cooperating with federal prosecutors. The scheme, as set forth in the indictment and confirmed in the plea agreement, occurred from September March Essentially, Goodson would locate and recruit straw borrowers to purchase homes from Tarrance with the assistance of Booth. The Defendants included in the indictment are: Michael Goodson, Recruiter; Les Tarrance, Sr., owner of Ultra Classic Custom Homes, Inc., and Ultra Classic Custom Homes III, Inc.; and Nancy Booth, loan officer and loan processor. The defrauded Lenders included in the indictment are: Aames Home Loan New Century Mortgage Corp. Argent Mortgage BNC Mortgage Inc. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Decision One Mortgage First Magnus IndyMac Long Beach Mortgage 18
18 CONTACT INFORMATION JAMES H. VAULES NFC GLOBAL, LLC Extension
19 Mortgage Fraud Investigations Rich Devine SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC
20 What is happening in the current subprime mortgage market? Housing and capital market disruptions Falling housing prices and rising interest rates XXX is the biggest casualty of the downturn after underwriting many troubled CDOs last year The business model that will return XXX to profitability is unclear 21
21 FASB Staff Position FAS 115-1/124-1 The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments When an investment is considered impaired Whether that impairment is other than temporary Measurement and timing of an impairment loss 22
22 What is mortgage fraud? Material inaccuracy in the financial information disclosed by or on behalf of the borrower during the origination of the loan Fraud for housing-borrower fraud Fraud for profit/commission-insider fraud 23
23 Who gets hurt? Borrower caught in a fraud for profit overpays for their house New buyers impacted by over-inflated pricing Originators who are subject to fraud clauses in repurchase agreements Securitizers deal with higher credit support levels due to expected fraud losses Investors who absorb the losses Rating agencies Mortgage insurers 24
24 How does someone commit fraud? Pressures and Incentives Attitudes and Rationalizations Opportunity 25
25 Types of Mortgage Schemes and Fraud Collusion Document misrepresentation Identity theft Negligence Appraiser Builder bailout Equity skimming False down payment Straw borrower 26
26 How do I build a system of internal control? Understand entrance points, process flows and your systems Applications Appraisals Credit report Escrow/closing Mortgage brokers Title insurance Verification of information such as employment and deposit 27
27 Accounting Guidance Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Integrated framework of internal control involving management and the Audit Committee PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 2 An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting Performed in Conjunction with an Audit of Financial Statements 28
28 Internal Control Program Culture of integrity and ethical behavior Establish anti-fraud programs and controls Consider risk of material misstatement Design and implement programs to handle pervasive and specific risks Operating effectiveness of anti-fraud programs and controls Communicate deficiencies found in antifraud programs and controls Address deficiencies 29
29 What are the regulators looking for? Establish homework list expectations Establish timing expectations Have sub ledgers and accounts reconciled Expect a lower level of materiality on unreconciled differences Timely resolution of reconciling items Make sure third party audits are up to date Make sure documentation is complete Establish understanding of controllable vs. uncontrollable 30
30 31 Questions?
31 Mortgage Fraud at Financial Institutions: Prevention and Response Timothy R. McTaggart 32
32 FFIEC Report for Banking Industry on Red Flags and Best Practices The application is unsigned or undated Signatures on credit documents are illegible and no supporting identification exists Borrower has high income with little or no personal property Borrower s age is not consistent with the number of years of employment 33
33 FFIEC Report for Banking Industry on Red Flags and Best Practices Borrower has an unreasonable accumulation of assets compared to income or has a large amount of unsubstantiated assets Borrower claims to have no debt Borrower owns an excessive amount of real estate A post office box is the only indicated address for the borrower 34
34 FFIEC Report for Banking Industry on Red Flags and Best Practices The same telephone number is used for the borrower s home and business Patterns or similarities are apparent from applications received from other borrowers Borrower does not guarantee the loan or will not sign in an individual capacity Business income is not consistent with business type 35
35 FFIEC Report for Banking Industry on Red Flags and Best Practices Years of education is not consistent with borrower s profession Borrower is buying investment properties with no primary residence 36
36 SAR Regulation The following points should be considered when handling and processing SAR reports: Institutions should designate one individual or department to be responsible for completing and filing SAR reports. SAR reports should be consistent. Responding to requests for SAR reports. 37
37 Questions? For more information, visit 38
38 Thursday, November 29, 2007 Thank you. 39
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