As scams go, this one was not particularly elegant or original: Small-time law firms allegedly overcharged the government for foreclosure-related legal work, jacking up the price for title searches and service of process.

The inflated charges added up to hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a False Claims Act suit that also named 16 banks that serviced mortgages held by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or the Federal Housing Administration.

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