Three London brokers banned in FSA fraud crackdown

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The FSA has banned three South London mortgage brokers for submitting false applications, backed by falsified documents.

The bans are part of the FSA’s drive against financial crime in the mortgage industry, and a Belfast-based broker was banned for mortgage fraud earlier today. Greenwich-based Rafiu Adisa Akanbi, trading as Rafin Adisa Akanbi, submitted false identification documents, including passports, driving licences and utility bills and failed to co-operate with the regulator’s investigation. Erinma Didi Jordan, from Peckham-based Trekfree Associates Ltd, also used false documents. In once case, Jordan submitted an application including false passport copies, faked accountant’s certificates and a f...

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