Accused of mortage fraud

A broker and an accountant have denied involvement in a £3.8m mortgage fraud. Mortgage adviser Larry Barreto, 65, and accountant Tassib Hussain, 41, allegedly create fake proof of income to help clients qualify for home loans they could not afford. The broker traded as ‘Barreto and Partners’, an unauthorized financial services firm based in Nottingham, while Hussain ran Keystone Chartered Accountants also based in Nottingham. The unauthorized mortgage advisor is alleged to have charged his clients a fee when they…