One of the largest mortgage fraud cases of the past twenty years.  Leonard Smith QC is briefed for the main defendant who is accused of masterminding schemes that resulted in the obtaining of nearly two thousand fraudulent mortgages between 2004 and 2008.  Mr Smith's client allegedly controlled Newcastle Home Loans, a mortgage provider and North East Proerty Buyers which businesses obtained over two thousand mortgage advances between 2004 and 2008.

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