State files charges against Utah mortgage adjustment company

The new case involving a Utah company joins a list of other mortgage fraud prosecutions Minnesota has pending. Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman says the companies are exploiting homeowners in financial distress by promising services that they don't deliver.
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The new case involving a Utah company joins a list of other mortgage fraud prosecutions Minnesota has pending. Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman says the companies are exploiting homeowners in financial distress by promising services that they don't deliver.

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