Overview

• Federal Housing FHFA Director William Pulte has referred New York Attorney General Letitia James for prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud.
• The allegations include falsifying records to secure a home loan for a Virginia property in 2023, misrepresenting it as her principal residence.
• James is also accused of consistently misrepresenting the details of a Brooklyn property purchased in 2001 as a four-unit dwelling instead of five.
• Further claims involve her and her father falsely listing their relationship as 'husband and wife' in property transactions from 1983 and 2000.
• The criminal referral intensifies scrutiny over a pattern of alleged record falsifications spanning multiple decades.