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Is Manafort-style mortgage fraud more common than we think? 

Last week, Paul Manafort was slapped with charges by New York for a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme, accused of inflating his company’s income and failing to disclose his debts in to secure $20 million in loans. Manafort’s drama may be extreme, but in the current climate, where home prices are cooling off and the refi market is a fraction of what it used to be, are we likely to see more cases of mortgage fraud emerging?