FBI cites increase in mortgage scams. America’s money trouble and damaged housing industry has led to an “exponential rise” in mortgage scams, says the FBI. The bureau reports more than 1,800 ongoing investigations into mortgage fraud, double the number from 2006. There are also a reported 530 ongoing corporate fraud investigations. “The increasing mortgage, corporate fraud and financial institution failure case inventory is straining the FBI’s limited white-collar crime resources,” Deputy Director John Pistole recently told a Washington Senate hearing. The Black community has been particularly susceptible to home foreclosures and fallout from the financial impact on housing. The FBI has re-assigned some investigators of terrorist crimes to its financial crime cases.

There’s about to be a new chapter in the saga of the Black-college student who accused three White Duke Lacrosse players of rape two years ago. Crystal Mangum, whose claims were discredited in a high-profile, racially volatile charge, announced plans to release a tell-all book about the entire episode. For more on the book, go to BET.com/News.