COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said Thursday, Dec. 24, that he supports a proposed federal ban on certain incentives paid to mortgage brokers and loan officers that Cordray said puts customers in riskier, more expensive loans.

“I strongly support changing the law to end predatory practices like these that fueled the foreclosure crisis and the collapse of the mortgage market,” Cordray said in a statement. “Paying incentives to place customers in riskier loans is rewarding the behavior that is ruining so many communities.”

As it is structured now, mortgage brokers and loan officers can get additional money based on the type of loan they originate, according to a news release from the attorney general.

Attorneys general from Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia also have expressed support for the proposed changes to Truth In Lending Act regulations, Cordray’s office said.

The comment period ended Dec. 24.