The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 17, 2011 Audit: Five Largest Mortgage Firms Defrauded Taxpayers ------------------------------------------------------- The Huffington Post has revealed a set of confidential federal audits have accused the nation’s five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on homes purchased with government-backed loans. The companies named are Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial. .