Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte on Wednesday sought to revive the Justice Department’s investigation into allegations that New York Attorney General Letitia James committed insurance fraud.
Pulte issued two criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, with the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, after a federal judge tossed similar charges brought against James last November. James misrepresented how two of her properties in Illinois and Florida would be used in home insurance filings with Universal Property Insurance and Allstate Insurance Company, the new filings read, according to MS Now.
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“It appears Ms. James made representations that the house would be occupied by a single adult, with no children. Instead, according to the post, she knew the house was actually occupied by four people — three children and her niece,” Pulte wrote in the Illinois criminal referral.
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