Lender Processing Services | Robo-signed – Massive Foreclosure Fraud Revealed (VIDEO)
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Holy Fraudclosure! | Cantwell to Justice Department: Fully Investigate Fraudulent Foreclosures before Bank Settlement
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell Washington For Immediate Release December 15, 2011 Cantwell to Justice Department: Fully Investigate Fraudulent Foreclosures before Bank Settlement In letter to DOJ, Cantwell demands full investigation into robo-signing scandal and ‘pump and dump’ mortgage bubble scheme WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) demanded the Department of Justice fully … Read more
Independent Foreclosure Review | OCC Says Independent Consultants Can’t Contact Borrowers
OCC Says Independent Consultants Can’t Contact Borrowers The independent consultants hired by bank servicers to review and assess the claims of millions of borrowers who may have been harmed in the foreclosure process will not be able to contact these borrowers directly or even talk with housing counselors, according to testimony at a Senate … Read more
Action Alert | SOS For Danielle Sterling Endorsements & Signatures For American Home Mortgage Entities
SOS For Danielle Sterling Endorsements & Signatures For American Home Mortgage Entities Friends & Colleagues: We have a BIG case that will turn industry on its head. We are now going after “robo-endorsers” which is similar to robo-signing, but with the actual endorsements placed on alleged wet-ink promissory notes and allonges. We have evidence and … Read more
Incoming! | Florida’s Red Carpet Treatment of Fraudclosures Results in Surge in New Filings
After long lull, foreclosure filings ramp up By Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer New foreclosures were filed against more than 11,000 Florida homeowners in November, a 7 percent jump over the same month in 2010 and the first year-over-year increase in 20 months. The surge in new cases supports predictions that banks would … Read more
BonusSpeak | Dec 13, 2011 US Senate Banking Committee Hearing on FHFA, Fannie/Freddie Bonuses
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oversight Dec 13, 2011 Senate Committee Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Steve Linick, FHFA Inspector General, testified at an oversight hearing on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). He questioned FHFA’s decision to award over $35 million in executive bonuses at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac without conducting an independent … Read more
Twilight of Constitutional Private Property Rights | US Senate Banking Committee Hearing on Helping Fraudclosure-Harmed Homeowners
STARTS AT 19:40 Helping Homeowners Harmed by Foreclosures: Ensuring Accountability and Transparency in Foreclosure Reviews Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Tuesday, December 13, 2011 02:30 PM – 04:30 PM 538 Dirksen Senate Office Building COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Witnesses Panel 1 Honorable Julie Williams [view … Read more
Lee Camp | Life, Liberty, & Indefinite Detention Without A Trial
Some Explicit Language So Viewer Discretion Advised It’s seems that Obama and Congress have finally agreed on something! They support the indefinite detention of American citizens WITHOUT charges or a trial. Hurray! Cheers to cooperation!! Here’s the clean/ safe-for-work version if you don’t like the language: http://youtu.be/FWGrwafOZQQ ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet
No Place To Go | “When it comes down to the time, we’re going to occupy this house Jan. 2.”
“When it comes down to the time, we’re going to occupy this house Jan. 2.” The Henry family has a message for Bank of America and Fannie Mae: They are not leaving their house in the 13600 block of Helen Street on Jan. 2, the day they are slated to be evicted. They stopped making … Read more
A Banker’s Dozen | December 15, 2011 Urban Dictionary Word of the Day
A Banker’s Dozen December 15, 2011 Urban Word of the Day The opposite of a Baker’s Dozen where the customer receives 13 of a product for the price of 12; in a Banker’s Dozen the customer receives 11 of the product for the price of 12. Hector was surprised to find only 11 glasses in … Read more
Gerri Shepperd | Woman in Lender Processing Services (LPS) Foreclosure Fraud Scheme Makes Bail
“Shepperd surrendered to AG investigators. She was booked and released on $50,000 bail. Her bail had been reduced from $500,000.” ~ Woman in Loan Fraud Scheme Granted Bail LAS VEGAS — One of two accused home loan robo-signers faced a judge for the first time Wednesday. Former loan title officer Gerri Shepperd pleaded not guilty … Read more
Mandelman Speaks at California State Bar’s Annual Discipline Hearings
Mandelman Speaks at California State Bar’s Annual Discipline Hearings Here’s what the California State Bar’s announcement said: The State Bar will hold its annual hearings this month for the public or lawyers to make proposals or offer comments about attorney disciplinary procedures, attorney competency and admissions procedures. The first hearing will begin at 10 a.m. … Read more
Can’t Touch This | Stern Still Prevailing in Florida’s 4th DCA – Florida Bar & Bondi Remain Silent
So-called “foreclosure king” wins appeal in 4th DCA by Kim Miller, Palm Beach Post The 4th District Court of Appeal sided with the Law Offices of David J. Stern today, quashing a state subpoena issued in an investigation of the firm’s foreclosure work. Stern’s company, which once handled more than 100,000 foreclosure cases in Florida … Read more
FL 4th DCA | LAW OFFICE OF DAVID J. STERN, P.A., v. STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT July Term 2011 LAW OFFICE OF DAVID J. STERN, P.A., Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, Appellee. No. 4D10-4708 [December 14, 2011] STEVENSON, J. This appeal stems from an order denying a petition to quash an investigative subpoena duces tecum, issued … Read more
Michael Olenick: NAR’s Big Miss on Home Sales Underscores Lack of Transparency and Accuracy in Mortgage/Housing Data
Michael Olenick: NAR’s Big Miss on Home Sales Underscores Lack of Transparency and Accuracy in Mortgage/Housing Data By Michael Olenick, founder and CEO of Legalprise, and creator of FindtheFraud, a crowd sourced foreclosure document review system (still in alpha) The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has announced that their estimates for home sales have been … Read more
Invasion of the Occtupy (VIDEO)
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Predator Mutants | Fed Banker on Breaking Up Bailed Out Banks
Wall Street’s Virulant Strain of Capitalism (privitized profits calculated on accounting fraud then socialize losses as bailouts & corporate welfare) Under Attack by a Fed Banker Gretchen Morgenson of the NYT has an excellent article out today on the December 7, 2011 U.S. Senate hearing titled “Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection.” In her unmatchable journalistic … Read more
Dylan Ratigan | Eliot Spitzer and The Global Battle for Social Justice
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, D-N.Y., shares his thoughts on the consequences of inaction by governments both in American and around the world. ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet
Time Person of the Year – The Protester
Managing editor Richard Stengel talks with Kurt Andersen, author of our cover story, about the decision to recognize the global protest movements of 2011 in TIME’s Person of the Year issue. Read more about Time’s Person of the Year here… ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet
Investigate This | Propublica Event: Anatomy of a Mess – The Foreclosure Crisis (VIDEO REPLAY)
ProPublica’s Paul Kiel, American Banker’s Kate Berry, former TARP inspector general Neil Barofsky and author/professor/editor Alyssa Katz discuss the government’s poor response to the foreclosure crisis. ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet
