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Fake mortgage broker pocketed millions in loans meant for homeowners, regulator and lawsuits say

Hon Kit Chung allegedly used complicated web of numbered companies, fake liens in B.C. scheme

Bethany Lindsay
Bethany Lindsay

14 Jun 2024 • 6 min read

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Composite image shows Vancouver skyline with single family homes in the foreground overlaid by photo of Hon Kit Chung.
Hon Kit Chung, also known as Larry or Joe Chung, is accused of posing as a mortgage broker as part of a scheme to defraud Metro Vancouver homeowners. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press. Photo of Hon Kit Chung submitted by Society of Notaries Public of B.C.)

Bethany Lindsay
Bethany Lindsay

Bethany Lindsay is an award-winning investigative journalist who covers white-collar crime. She is based in Vancouver and previously reported for CBC News, the Vancouver Sun, and the Cambodia Daily.

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