HSBC like ‘know nothing’ Sgt. Schultz from ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Brooklyn judge says Blames bank in foreclosure errors

A Brooklyn judge ridiculed HSBC’s “know nothing” defense for filing a false document in a foreclosure case and slapped the bank with the maximum $10,000 penalty.

“HSBC sounds like … Sgt. Schultz in the classic 1960s television comedy, ‘Hogan’s Heroes,'” Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack wrote in a Dec. 22 decision made public Wednesday.

“The inept Sgt. Hans Schultz … would feign ignorance about the escapades of his Allied prisoners by telling his commandant, Col. Klink, ‘I know nothing! Nothing!'”

HSBC had incurred Schack’s wrath earlier this year when he caught its lawyers submitting documents filed by “robo-signers” purporting to work for the bank who were were actually employed by a loan servicing firm.

Bank officials and their lawyers are required to review and verify the accuracy of filings in foreclosure cases under regulations issued by state Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman.

Later, a bank senior vice president submitted a sworn affidavit claiming HSBC had no knowledge of the mortgage in question and blamed the fiasco on the loan servicer.

But Schack, whose blistering and colorful opinions from the bench have made him a folk hero for financially troubled homeowners — said HSBC is responsible for the actions of its agents.

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4closureFraud.org

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HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Taher