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New York Scrutinizes Consultants.

Mortgage Servicing News

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The New York State Banking Department is holding its licensees and registrants responsible for the consultants that they use.

According to officials from the department speaking at a New York regulatory session held at the Northeast Regional Conference of Mortgage Bankers Associations here, there had been instances of licensees hiring convicted felons and calling them consultants.

Barbara Kent, director of consumer affairs and financial products for the Banking Department, said, "We don't want mortgage banking to become the industry of choice for felons."

A new state law has provided a definition of consultant. According to the department's website, "The term consultant shall mean an individual or entity involved in advising or directing management, performing management functions, or providing services to management of a licensed mortgage banker or registered mortgage broker on matters relating to the operation of the company, or an individual or entity that receives compensation, either directly or indirectly, from the ...

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