Once upon a time...  I was a loan officer and I got involved in a gaggle of mortgage fraud activity.  It didn’t end well.

Regardless of your profession, this article deals with deception - which is present in any industry.

I was originally contacted by a guy named Milt (or so I thought).  Milt had a plan; a scam, and other players in place.  He presented himself as a real estate investor who simply needed a good loan officer to handle all his business referrals.  He’d heard great things about me.  I was in.

I never wanted to admit that I was recruited – it just doesn’t resonate well with me.  It sounds like a cop-out; like I just wasn’t smart enough and allowed myself to be tricked into committing fraud.  If someone told me that they were recruited into a fraud scheme, I might think they were implying that they couldn’t help it or that it wasn’t their fault, or worse – they were a victim.  It just sounds lame.