OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO STOP LENDERS FROM WRONGFULLY FORECLOSING
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO STOP LENDERS FROM WRONGFULLY FORECLOSING March 27, 2012 DOJ files an amicus brief in an Oregon foreclosure lawsuit pending before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oregon Attorney General John Kroger today announced the filing of an amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief that seeks to protect … Read more
NY Times | Foreclosure Deal Credits Banks for Routine Efforts
Foreclosure Deal Credits Banks for Routine Efforts In February, JPMorgan Chase donated a home to an Iraq war veteran in Bucoda, Wash., and Bank of America waived the $140,000 debt that a Florida man still owed after the sale of his foreclosed home. Over the last year, Wells Fargo has demolished about a dozen houses … Read more
Lynn Szymoniak | Whistleblower Awarded $18 Million To Address Pre-law Magnet Students
Whistleblower Awarded $18 Million To Address Pre-law Magnet Students West Palm Beach Attorney Lynn Szymoniak who uncovered the “robo-signing” fraud perpetrated by some of the nation’s largest mortgage banks, will share her personal story with the Gerald A Williams Esq. Law Academy students at Palm Beach Lakes Community High School. Ms. Szymoniak will address the … Read more
Spain’s ‘high-class hookers refuse to sleep with bankers until they open up credit lines to cash-strapped families’
Oddly enough this is NOT an Onion story… ~ A national sex strike! Spain’s ‘high-class hookers refuse to sleep with bankers until they open up credit lines to cash-strapped families’ Top-end prostitutes say strike to continue until bankers offer credit Spain preparing for general strike on Thursday against austerity cuts PM promises to deliver ‘tough … Read more
Replay | Culture Project: Blueprint for Accountability w/ Ratigan, Spitzer & Taibbi
Culture Project: Blueprint for Accountability from Culture Project on FORA.tv If you couldn’t get it to play last night, you can check it out above… ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet
Altered Documents by Akerman Senterfitt? | DEFENDANT SZYMONIAK’S OBJECTION TO CONTINUED USE OF ORIGINAL COURT DOCUMENTS BY PLAINTIFF
Looks like it’s on like Donkey Kong again… For those of you that do not know the term, “It’s On Like Donkey Kong” I provide the definition below… “A phrase to denote that it’s time to throw down or compete at a high level; something is about to go down. The use of the comical … Read more
Georgia SB 469 Would Make Civil Disobedience a Felony
“My evaluation of SB 469 is that it interferes with the constitutional right of free speech, the First Amendment, and right to peacefully assemble. It seems to impermissibly place the free speech rights of some individuals in the hands of other private citizens and corporations, giving them a sword with an over-broad criminal statute, elevated … Read more
Under Attack | Pool Guy, Landscaper of $18 Million Foreclosure Winner, Lynn Szymoniak, Subpoenaed by Akerman Senterfitt
“Until I can pay this mortgage off, Deutsche Bank will just continue to run up fees and try to harass the living hell out of me” Now – in what other foreclosure ON EARTH are depositions being scheduled of the yard maintenance and pool service guys??? I guess this is what happens when you dare … Read more
Dylan Ratigan, Eliot Spitzer, Matt Taibbi, Van Jones | Superstar Lineup Tackles Financial Crisis and Congressional Collusion, An Unprecedented Live-Streaming Event March 27th 7PM EST
UPDATE: Replay can be viewed here… ~ Eliot Spitzer, Matt Taibbi, Van Jones: Superstar Lineup Tackles Financial Crisis and Congressional Collusion The public conversation about the incestuous and nefarious links between congressional financial deregulation and Wall Street greed, which produced the fiasco known as the Great Recession of 2007, is about to get much hotter … Read more
ACTION ALERT | Eviction Defense in Lauderdale Lakes FL Pending; SUPPORT NEEDED!
Eviction Defense in Lauderdale Lakes Pending; SUPPORT NEEDED! A single mother of three in Lauderdale Lakes is facing a strong prospect of receiving a Notice to Vacate based on a case of foreclosure fraud. An eviction defense mobilization could be called as soon as tomorrow (for Wednesday) though we have no way of knowing. The … Read more
Judge Rules against Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, Taxpayers Will Recover Millions (VIDEO)
Judge rules against Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in Oakland County lawsuit DETROIT (WXYZ) – Oakland County is celebrating a major win over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The county said U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts ruled in favor of the county on Friday, saying the lenders were not exempt from the … Read more
Adam Levitin | Calling DeMarco’s Bluff? Use the GSEs’ Market Power to Force 2d Lien Write Downs
Calling DeMarco’s Bluff? Use the GSEs’ Market Power to Force 2d Lien Write Downs There’s been mounting pressure on the acting head of the FHFA, Ed DeMarco to order Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to undertake principal reductions. DeMarco’s pushed back, arguing that it’s not fair for the GSEs to write-down principal when there are … Read more
Letter to Chief Judge Andy Owens, Twelfth Circuit, Manatee County – The Clerk is Preventing Public Access to “Original” Notes in Court Files
We find this submission from Mark Stopa very interesting. Last week Lisa, myself and Lynn met with our clerk of court Sharon Bock and two of her attorneys after she found out Lisa was running against her for the job. What was discussed, as one of our requests, is that they stop filing the “notice … Read more
Facing Eviction from Foreclosure, Roswell’s ‘Chicken Man’ Presumed Dead After House Explosion (VIDEO)
Roswell’s ‘Chicken Man’ Presumed Dead After House Explosion: MyFoxATLANTA.com ROSWELL, Ga. – A Roswell man who fought to keep chickens on his property is presumed dead after an explosion rocked his home on Monday. Authorities said Andrew Wordes, who became known as “The Chicken Man,” had fallen behind on his mortgage payments and was facing … Read more
Deutsche Bank to Pay $32.5 Million to Settle Mortgage Suit – Massachusetts Bricklayers and Masons Trust Funds v. Deutsche Alt-A Securities
Deutsche Bank to Pay $32.5 Million to Settle Mortgage Suit Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Germany’s biggest lender, agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle claims in U.S. litigation that it lied about the quality of home loans underlying securities it sold. The investors that sued, including the Massachusetts Bricklayers and Masons Trust Funds, filed a … Read more
Hawaii | Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals In re: MARGERY KANAMU-KALEHUANANI KEKAUOHA-ALISA – The court voided the sale of the Appellant’s property and awarded her treble damages of $417,761.66
FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT In re: MARGERY KANAMU KALEHUANANI KEKAUOHA-ALISA, Debtor, MARGERY KANAMU-KALEHUANANI KEKAUOHA-ALISA, Appellant, v. AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY; JPMC SPECIALTY MORTGAGE, LLC, FKA WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC, Appellees. OPINION This case requires us to determine whether a mortgage company violated Hawaii state law when it did not … Read more
Jeff Thigpen | How One Local Official in North Carolina Is Trying to Hold Wall Street Giants Accountable for Widespread Fraud (AUDIO)
How One Local Official in North Carolina Is Trying to Hold Wall Street Giants Accountable for Widespread Fraud Jeff Thigpen is trying to restore the rule of law in one North Carolina county. When Wall Street hustlers figured out a scheme to make a fortune trading home mortgages in the 1990s, they faced some legal … Read more
Gretchen Morgenson: Wall Street Really Does Enjoy A Different Set of Rules Than The Rest of Us (PODCAST)
Gretchen Morgenson has earned a Pulitzer-winning career from exposing abuse and conflicts of interest on Wall Street. In this interview, she confirms that there is indeed a second set of rules that our elite financial institutions enjoy, largely unfettered by the constraints that apply to the rest of us. Consequences for failure and fraud are … Read more
John O’Brien, Southern Essex Register of Deeds, Wants to Sue Over Mortgage Mess
“I’ve waited for orders from above for long enough,” he says. “I have an obligation to my constituents. I’m derelict in my duties if I don’t go after this. I’m 99.9 percent sure I’m going to go ahead and do what I think I have the authority to do, and if I’m wrong, prove me … Read more
Less than 3 Percent of Over 4 Million Homeowners Accept Free “Independent” Foreclosure Fraud Review
Few homeowners accept free foreclosure-fraud review By Kimberly Miller Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Less than 3 percent of more than 4 million homeowners eligible for a free fraud review of their foreclosure have taken the government up on the offer, even though it could mean monetary compensation, a credit report fix or a loan … Read more
