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  BORROWERS BETRAYED PART 1

  Ex-convicts active in mortgage fraud

  During Florida's housing boom, state regulators allowed thousands of mortgage professionals with criminal records into the industry -- costing consumers millions.

• BORROWERS BETRAYED PART 2

  Thousands with criminal records work unlicensed as loan originators

  Gary Kafka, former body builder with a long rap sheet and violent past, wrote millions of dollars in mortgages in South Florida without ever applying for a state license.

• BORROWERS BETRAYED PART 3

  State let crooked brokers keep working

  State regulators caught mortgage professionals breaking the law but allowed them to stay in the business with few consequences, The Miami Herald found.