Series overview: part 1 – introduction part 2 – which types of mortgage fraud are ripe for Synthetic IDs part 3 – you gotta know how to build one in order to spot one part 4 – a few keys ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) part 5 – how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective part 5, how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective This part of the series is targeted specifically for investigators, either in-house or law-enforcement personnel, and for prosecutors. I’m going to provide some tips, guidance and strategies, bu ..read more

Series overview: part 1 – introduction part 2 – which types of mortgage fraud are ripe for Synthetic IDs part 3 – you gotta know how to build one in order to spot one part 4 – a few keys ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) part 5 – how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective part 5, how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective This part of the series is targeted specifically for investigators, either in-house or law-enforcement personnel, and for prosecutors. I’m going to provide some tips, guidance and strategies, bu ..read more

Series overview: part 1 – introduction part 2 – which types of mortgage fraud are ripe for Synthetic IDs part 3 – you gotta know how to build one in order to spot one part 4 – a few keys ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) part 5 – how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective part 4, a few key ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) Let’s begin this section by clearly stating the obvious, which is that it’s completely up to you and your legal beagles to determine what basis you would use for denying a mortgage application ..read more

Series overview: part 1 – introduction part 2 – which types of mortgage fraud are ripe for Synthetic IDs part 3 – you gotta know how to build one in order to spot one part 4 – a few keys ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) part 5 – how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective part 3, how to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) “Geez, Kevin – thanks a million. Now I’m scared as all get-out about the multiple ways Synthetic IDs can be used to drain my business. How do I to stop them?” Well, the best thing you can do is hire us ..read more

Series overview: part 1 – introduction part 2 – which types of mortgage fraud are ripe for Synthetic IDs part 3 – you gotta know how to build one in order to spot one part 4 – a few keys ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) part 5 – how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective part 2, which mortgage frauds are ripe for Synthetic IDs “Wolf!” ha ha, just kidding! … Actually, I’m not. Synthetic IDs are coming to the mortgage industry. “Yeah, yeah, yeah…I’ve heard it all before,” you say. “Fraudsters will always be with us: we update our fraud co ..read more

Series overview: part 1 – introduction part 2 – which types of mortgage fraud are ripe for Synthetic IDs part 3 – you gotta know how to build one in order to spot one part 4 – a few keys ways to identify Synthetic IDs (and keep from funding them) part 5 – how to investigate and prosecute, from a law-enforcement perspective part 1, introduction Have you heard about Synthetic IDs? In layman’s terms, it’s when a fraudster takes a real social security number (ssn), builds a completely false persona around it (including credit tradelines, ID cards, the works), uses the fake persona to obtain c ..read more