A New York district court has found that RPM/LendUS used stalling tactics to get out of a merger deal with Entitle Direct Group, a title insurance company.

The reason, United Wholesale Mortgage told employees, was to avoid legal bills and long-drawn court proceedings.

Despite a significant decline in indictments and convictions, the FHFA IG’s Office of Investigations secured more than six times as much in restitution than in the prior period.