Big Credit Union Hit By HEL Fraud

A federally insured credit union that originated nearly $13 billion in home loans last year was defrauded by a real estate investor on home-equity loans.

Thomas Scott Brown was in the business of investing in residential properties back in 2006 and 2007. He would then sell them to other individuals.

Brown, himself, would lend the money to finance the home purchases to the buyers. But his loans didn’t show up as a lien against the properties.


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