September 15, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Thursday hit two mortgage brokers and their CEO with treble damages and maximum civil penalties for defrauding millions of dollars from the government by submitting fraudulent insurance claims after it took on risky loans, goosing a $93 million verdict to $298 million.
December 01, 2016
Two mortgage brokers once among the largest in the nation and their CEO must pay a $93 million verdict that is subject to trebling after a Houston federal jury ruled they tricked the federal government into covering thousands of risky loans.
October 30, 2014
The U.S. Department of Justice and AllQuest Home Mortgage Corp. traded barbs in Texas federal court Wednesday in a discovery war stretching back to May in which each seeks to compel the other to cough up loan files in a $264 million False Claims Act suit.
September 02, 2014
A Texas federal magistrate judge on Friday trimmed claims from a $264 million False Claims Act suit brought by the U.S. government over Americus Mortgage Corp.'s allegedly fraudulent procurement of government home insurance, saying he would not recognize the government's federal common law claim for indemnity.