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Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
We’ve seen a dramatic increase in this kind of fraud,” Dan Bales, the head of fraud investigations at Mercury Insurance, told the Los Angeles Times . “People People upside-down on their house with variable-interest-rate loans, or upside-down on their cars, are pretty quick to burn their property right now.” Foreclosure arson has doubled in California from 7 homes last year In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
    We’ve seen a dramatic increase in this kind of fraud,” Dan Bales, the head of fraud investigations at Mercury Insurance, told the Los Angeles Times . “People People upside-down on their house with variable-interest-rate loans, or upside-down on their cars, are pretty quick to burn their property right now.” Foreclosure arson has doubled in California from 7 homes last year In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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