Did Citi Get a Sweet Deal? Bank Claims SEC Settlement on One CDO Clears It on All Others

Did Citi Get a Sweet Deal? Bank Claims SEC Settlement on One CDO Clears It on All Others by Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein ProPublica In the run-up to the global financial collapse, Citigroup2019s bankersworked feverishly to create complex securities. In just one year, 2007, Citimarketed more than $20 billion worth of deals backed by … Read more

William Black: #OccupyWallStreet A Counter to White-Collar Fraud (VIDEO)

Amy Goodman interviews William Black, a white-collar criminologist, former financial regulator, and author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.” Black teaches economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and recently took part in Occupy Kansas City. “If you look [at the Occupy protests] not just nationwide, but … Read more

Justice is Dead | Ethics Complaint Against “Foreclosure King” David J. Stern Dropped

That’s the headline out of the Daily Business Review this morning… More when we get it… Unreal… ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet

Register of Deeds (NOT SHARON BOCK) Calls for Foreclosure Freeze Based on Documents Also Questioned by Florida AG Pam Bondi

Massachusetts official calls for foreclosure freeze based on documents also questioned by Florida attorney general From the PB Post… Florida’s link with Southern Essex was revealed in a recently filled public records request from foreclosure fighter Lisa Epstein. In e-mails between the Florida attorney general’s office and Lender Processing Services, a Jacksonville-based foreclosure document mill, … Read more

Public Records Request Received | Communications TO FL Attorney General Employees FROM Lender Processing Services (LPS) Jan-Aug 2011

This batch is Communications TO FL Attorney General Employees FROM Lender Processing Services. Have fun sifting through the docs. There is some good stuff in there that will will be featuring in upcoming posts… ~ 4closureFraud.org ~   Butler Records Hamilton Records Hamilton Records Julian Records Lawson Records 1 Lawson Records 2 Seidel Records Tweet

Public Records Request Received | Communications FROM FL Attorney General Employees TO Lender Processing Services (LPS) Jan-Sept 2011

This batch is Communications FROM FL Attorney General Employees TO Lender Processing Services. Have fun sifting through the docs. There is some good stuff in there that will will be featuring in upcoming posts… ~ 4closureFraud.org ~ B. Julian to LPS 1 B. Julian to LPS 2 B. Seidel to LPS E. Gainey to LPS … Read more

Justice Served | NYPD Officer, Anthony Bologna, Who Used Pepper Spray On Protesters To Lose Vacation Time

Click through to view Sources: Police Officer Who Used Pepper Spray On Protesters To Lose Vacation Time As hundreds of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters marched to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Tuesday to demand prosecution of alleged police brutality against demonstrators, a police officer who was seen on video using pepper spray on a … Read more

FEDSPEAK Report | The Impact of Vacant, Tax-Delinquent and Foreclosed Property on Sales Prices of Neighboring Homes

Study finds foreclosures harm home prices more than vacancies Occupied properties in foreclosure drag down the prices of sales of nearby homes twice as much as vacant properties, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Researchers looked at data from 9,601 sales in Cuyahoga County between April 1, 2010, and March 31, excluding sales not … Read more

Lee Camp | The Numbers Behind Occupy Wall Street #OWS

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American Hero | John O’Brien Calls for Halt of ALL Foreclosures and Offers Assistance

JOHN L. O’BRIEN, JR. Register of Deeds Phone: 978-542-1704 Fax: 978-542-1706 website: www.salemdeeds.com    Commonwealth of Massachusetts  Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds Shetland Park 45 Congress Street Suite 4100 Salem, Massachusetts 01970   NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Salem, MA October 20, 2011 Contact: John O’Brien, Register of Deeds 978-542-1722 jl.obrien@sec.state.ma.us Southern Essex District Register … Read more

How to Make Banks Really Mad: #OccupyForeclosures

How to Make Banks Really Mad: Occupy Foreclosures Could the next step after camping in Zuccotti Park be camping out in homes facing foreclosure? As people think a bit more critically about what it means to “occupy” contested spaces that blur the public and the private and the boundaries between the 99% and the 1%, … Read more