Minnesota and HUD to crack down on affiliated title insurers 
Mortgage lender agrees to pay $19,812 in restitution and fees
By Matt Carter, Tuesday, November 21, 2006.Minnesota and federal housing officials have launched a crackdown on affiliated business arrangements in which real estate brokerages, lenders or builders own a share of companies that provide title insurance.
Affiliated business arrangements, or ABAs, are legal in many states unless they are determined to be sham businesses created to generate illegal payments and kickbacks in exchange for referrals.
That's how the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce and the U.S.
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