New York Attorney General Letitia James , long known for targeting mortgage and bank fraud, now finds herself accused of the very type of deception she once prosecuted.

James, who built her career in part by exposing forged deeds and false loan applications in state court, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on one count each of bank fraud and making false statements to financial institutions. The indictment alleges that James misrepresented her Virginia home as her “principal residence” to obtain favorable mortgage terms — a misstatement prosecutors say saved her roughly $18,933 of “ill-gotten gains” over the life of the loan.

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