{"id":2585338,"date":"2026-03-30T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-breaking-leticia-james-hit-with-new-referral-for-criminal-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:37:19","slug":"late-breaking-leticia-james-hit-with-new-referral-for-criminal-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-breaking-leticia-james-hit-with-new-referral-for-criminal-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Breaking: Leticia James Hit With New Referral for Criminal Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flate-breaking-leticia-james-hit-with-new-referral-for-criminal-prosecution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Criminal referrals have been filed with the U.S. Department of Justice seeking charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James over alleged home-ownership and insurance-fraud related to a Virginia property purchased in 2023. the case centers on claims that James intended the Norfolk home as a second residence but used it as an investment,with a niece living there; earlier charges were dismissed after James challenged the appointment of a U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte alleges that James misled insurers by portraying the home as unoccupied part of the year, according to Just the News, with two referrals reported to the Florida and Illinois U.S. Attorney offices. In letters to prosecutors, Pulte cited social-media posts and court exhibits alleging occupancy by four people instead of a single adult. NBC News confirmed that the referrals were received by the two U.S. attorney offices, though the department did not offer further comment. The piece also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-nadler-appears-to-be-dead-asleep-at-epstein-doj-hearing-same-hearing-where-he-accused-ag-bondi-of-not-caring-about-victims\/\" title=\"Watch: Nadler Appears to Be Dead Asleep at Epstein DOJ Hearing - Same Hearing Where He Accused AG Bondi of Not Caring About Victims\">references social-media posts<\/a> and partisan reactions surrounding the allegations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Criminal referrals have been filed with the Department of Justice seeking charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James related to house fraud allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The charges concern property in Norfolk, Virgina, James purchased in 2023. Last year, James faced charges that she bought the house saying she would use it as a second home when she instead used it as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letitia-james-and-james-comey-indictments-in-jeopardy-as-they-challenge-legality-of-prosecutors-appointment\/\" title=\"... and ... Comey Indictments in Jeopardy as They Challenge Legality of Prosecutor&#039;s Appointment\">revenue-generating investment property<\/a> and had a niece living there.<\/p>\n<p>The charges were later thrown out after James successfully challenged the appointment of then- United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan<\/p>\n<p>Now, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte alleges that James misled the insurance company that provided coverage for the Virginia home, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/545ny-ag-letitia-james-referred-again-criminal-prosecution-homeowner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; JUST IN: President Trump aboard Air Force One posts that NY AG Letitia James has been referred for CRIMINAL prosecution to the DOJ for home insurance fraud<\/p>\n<p>One referral has been dispatched to FLORIDA where Democrats have less of a chance at derailing it<\/p>\n<p>PROSECUTE BIG TISH! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MxHWxhRFoJ\">pic.twitter.com\/MxHWxhRFoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2038405225250242806?\">March 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pulte cites&nbsp;a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> by attorney and President of The Article III Project, Mike Davis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead, according to the post, she knew the house was actually occupied by four people &ndash; three children and her niece,&rdquo; Pulte wrote in a letter to the U.S. Attorney for Illinois seeking to have charges filed against James, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/25\/us-news\/ny-ag-letitia-james-hit-with-two-more-criminal-referrals-alleging-possible-insurance-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As such, it appears Ms. James may have defrauded the Illinois-based insurance company.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a Florida referral, Pulte said James &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >made false representations&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to Universal Property Insurance that the home &ldquo;would be unoccupied five months out of the year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pulte had sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department last year trying to have James<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Quinones, Pulte noted a court exhibit indicates James claimed the Norfolk home would be vacant &nbsp;for five months out of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[It] appears Ms. James made false representations that her property would be unoccupied five months out of the year,&rdquo; Pulte wrote. &ldquo;According to the post, this was false. The house was, in fact, occupied year-round by her niece.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: TWO CRIMINAL REFERRALS AGAINST LETITIA JAMES<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just a few minutes ago, the Federal Housing Finance Administration made two criminal referrals against Letitia James, not for mortgage fraud. What? They tried that, and that got thrown out in D.C. But for insurance fraud,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kTttYqwWV4\">pic.twitter.com\/kTttYqwWV4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Real America&rsquo;s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAmVoice\/status\/2036928207379685423?\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his letter to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Pulte said a document show James claimed to Allstate only one person would live in the home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[It] appears Ms. James made representations that the house would be occupied by a single adult, with no children. Instead, according to the post, she knew the house was actually occupied by four people &ndash; three children and her niece,&rdquo; Pulte wrote to U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the best parts about Letitia James getting caught in her mortgage scheme&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>This was the niece who was living in the property that was supposed to be vacant most of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal referral sent to Florida&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>Out of the protection of the Swamp!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m8Pvknx3oQ\">pic.twitter.com\/m8Pvknx3oQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; C3 (@C_3C_3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_3C_3\/status\/2036987159182196904?\">March 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We kindly request you authenticate and investigate this matter, if you deem appropriate,&rdquo; Pulte added.<\/p>\n<p>A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed the referrals were received by the two U.S. attorney offices but did not provide further comment, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/bill-pulte-criminal-referrals-doj-letitia-james-ny-attorney-general-rcna265216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Those prior charges were dismissed after James challenged the appointment of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte contends James misled an insurance company that provided coverage for the Virginia home, according to Just the News. The referrals reportedly allege insurance fraud stemming from occupancy representations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pulte cites social media posts by attorney Mike Davis and describes letters to U.S. Attorneys asserting false occupancy statements: for Illinois, that the home would be occupied by four people (including a niece) rather than the advertised occupancy of a single adult; for Florida, that the home would be unoccupied five months out of the year. The correspondence reportedly requests charging James in those districts, with references to a court exhibit and other claimed inconsistencies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Justice Department offices in Illinois and Florida reportedly received the referrals, and a DoJ spokesperson acknowledged receipt but did not comment further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Overall, the report frames the matter as ongoing, with multiple referrals alleging insurance- and occupancy-related fraud, rather than mortgage fraud, though the precise charges and outcomes remain unresolved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2585339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73684,70371,76817,73377],"class_list":["post-2585338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-attorney-general-2","tag-breaking-news-2","tag-letitia-james-2","tag-new-york-politics-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-Featured-Image-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585342,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585338\/revisions\/2585342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}