“Texas Tenth in Mortgage Fraud” from Dallas Business Journal

Texas ranked tenth in the nation for mortgage fraud last year, according to Dallas-based MortgageDaily.com.

The state had $98.2 million in fraud, up from $96 million in 2006. California and Ohio topped the list, with California alone totaling $1.6 billion in fraud.

MortgageDaily.com identified over $4 billion in mortgage fraud nationwide.