Two nonbanks in Salt Lake City recently joined a growing list of FHA lenders paying substantial penalties to resolve False Claims Act lawsuits brought by the Department of Justice.Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. and SecurityNational Mortgage Co. have agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle charges they knowingly originated and underwrote loans that were ineligible for FHA insurance. So far, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has reported more than $29.6 billion in FCA and Financial Institution Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act settlements with FHA lenders since 2014. Portions of the settlement funds were used to help strengthen the FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. As part of the settlement, both PRMI and SecurityNational Mortgage Co. admitted they endorsed loans that did not meet FHA requirements. Both companies are direct endorsement lenders in the ...