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MARKET WATCH-- Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has referred J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s Chase Home Mortgage unit and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. to the federal prosecutor in connection with the so-called "robo-signers" foreclosure controversy, according to a statement posted on the state secretary's website Thursday. "Secretary Brunner, in two letters dated Aug. 11, 2010 and Sept. 1, 2010, referred matters of alleged notary abuse in thousands of home mortgage foreclosures by Chase Home Mortgage and the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. to U.S. District Attorney Steven Dettelbach in Cleveland," the statement said. It cited depositions that include sworn testimony that Chase Home Mortgage improperly processed 18,000 documents a month.