The FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albany, New York, have opened a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James over allegations of mortgage fraud, the Albany Times-Union first reported Thursday.

The probe comes in the wake of a criminal referral by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte earlier this month.

In his letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, Pulte wrote that James “falsified records” to secure a home loan on a property in Virginia as her “principal residence” in 2023, when she was serving as New York’s prosecutor.

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