Ex-MBA President Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Fannie Mae

Ronald McCord, former Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) president and founder of Oklahoma City-based First Mortgage Company (FMC), pleaded guilty to a slew of charges including defrauding Fannie Mae. McCord, 71, was indicted by a grand jury in June 2020, with charges including bank fraud, money laundering, and making false claims to a financial institution. McCord pleaded guilty to five of the twenty-four charges. McCord served as MBA president in 1997, at which time the position was a volunteer role. In the plea hearing, McCord admitted to defrauding Spirit Bank, Citizens State Bank, and their respective residential mortgage subsidiaries. An independent audit showed McCord had sold more than $14 million in loans “out of trust,” failing to repay when certain loans…