Category: Mortgage Fraud Case Studies

Loan Originator Liza Bautista Finally Arrested

mf | August 11, 2010 | 8 Comments

Liza Bautista was a mortgage broker with a strong client base inside her Christian church in Tukwila. After successfully closing several prime loans for folk with A-paper credit, she targeted consumers who were turned down by lenders and created two sets of loan documents.  She submitted the credit history and identity of her prime, A [...]

View Post

Mortgage Fraud Part 2: Case Studies

mf | September 16, 2008 | 59 Comments

We’re lucky to be living far, far away from the mortgage fraud happening in other parts of the United States, right?  Not so fast. In part two of this three part series, we’ll take a look at some mortgage fraud cases in Washington State. Case Study: Century Mortgage; How to succeed in a down market and earn [...]

View Post