Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (ASX:CBA) review of its compliance practices and customer lending documents found that about AU$1 billion of the Bank's home loans were obtained fraudulently, according to a Friday report by the Australian Financial Review, citing anonymous sources.
The Bank is now working with authorities to assess the number of loans that were obtained by fraudulent documents, suspect deposits, or shell companies, the report said.
It did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' request for a comment.
Shares of CBA fell 1% in recent Friday trade.
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