New twist on mortgage fraud: Did rent money 'prop it all up'? - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Story date: 2008-10-11 05:53:00
Added on: 2008-10-13 16:09:27

I hardly think that someone living in a $900,000 house and creating straw mortgages is collecting foodstamps and welfare. You might be … read more right about the felony part but I get the feeling that we're willing to put people who steal cars in ...


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