Justice Department Is Fighting Mortgage Fraud, Official Says

摘要

The Justice Department is taking aggressive action to combat mortgage fraud, according to Lanny A. Breuer, assistant attorney general in charge of the criminal division, who outlined the measures in January 14 testimony to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.rnThe bipartisan commission was created by the Fraud Recovery and Enforcement Act of 2009 to examine the causes of the country's financial and economic crisis. The commission is chaired by Phil Angelides, former California treasurer, with former House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas as vice chairman.