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FBI: Minnesota ranks high on mortgage fraud

By Andy Birkey | 07.08.09 | 1:03 pm

A report released this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that Minnesota ranked in the top fifteen states for mortgage fraud claims in 2008 and in the top ten on a couple of measure. Specifically, data from…

Neighborhood watch: Mortgage fraud, copper theft, and now house stealing?

By Molly Priesmeyer | 05.22.08 | 11:35 am

In late March, the FBI warned of the newest form of identity theft: house stealing. The crime often works like this: A group or an individual finds a vacant home. They look up the deed…