Strong increase mortgage fraud
Spent: 8 April 2005 10.36 last modified: 8
April 2005 11.15 AMSTERDAMS - the banks have observed in 2004,1500
frauduleuze mortgage applications. That is 50 per cent more than
in the previous year. Director R. van Kesteren of the foundation
fraude control mortgages (SHF) has confirmed that Friday. SHF
are a cooperation bond of mortgage banks. According to Van
Kesteren the number of frauduleuze mortgage applications lies in
reality higher, because they are not all discovered. Of the 1500
applications where were that previous year, however, the case, a
quarter was just observed after the mortgage had been already granted.
In the frauduleuze mortgage applications according to SHF a
fixed group mortgage consultants, house taxers and notaries has been
involved. In Rotterdam and The Hague it would concern a group of
ten up to fifteen notaries. XFX001We they try tackle by lodging
complaints at the agencies concerned or by bringing the matter under
the attention of justitieXFX001, thus Van Kesteren. At mortgage
fraud a someone tries conclude mortgage under false voorwendselen.
The intention of the defrauder can be who never more to pay
back, but it also go someone can loan who tries a higher conclude
mortgage then on which he could claim in fact. The defrauder to
use among others false identity papers and falsified income data.
Since 1 January the banks have registered data of all people
concerned at a mortgage fraud. The recording is accessible for
all banks and is kept up by the office credit recording (BKR) in Tiel.
SHF expect that because of this mortgage fraud can be more and
more prevented. Responses to this reported?
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DUTCH PRESS AGENCY
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