A crackdown on mortgage fraud has resulted in indictments of 24 Jacksonville-area real estate professionals in connection with at least $244 million in loan amounts for 200 pieces of property, federal authorities said today.

The people indicted worked during the housing boom in positions such as small business banker, title company employee and owner, mortgage broker, mortgage banker, employee of a real estate development company, real estate agent, Realtor, home builder, real estate investor, title and closing agent, and real estate appraiser.