The motion court correctly found that Gnosis was not a holder in due course of the mortgages it had acquired using plaintiffs' funds because its principal, Michael Bode, had actual knowledge, and not merely reason to know, of plaintiffs' claim (see UCC 3-304 [7]; Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co. v American Express Co.,
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