TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT E. GERBER,
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE:
Diana G. Adams, the United States Trustee for the Southern District of New York (the “United States Trustee”), respectfully submits this memorandum of law in support of the request of Silvia Nuer (the “Debtor”) for sanctions against J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, National Association (“Chase”) in connection with Chase’s Motion for Relief from Stay (the “Motion For Stay Relief”) as servicer for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“Deutsche”), as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Trust 2006-2 (“Long Beach Trust”), with respect to a mortgage (the “Mortgage”) as to property located at 1651 Metropolitan Avenue, 7C, Bronx, NY 10462 (the “Property”).
I. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
The United States Trustee supports the Debtor’s request for sanctions. Chase has filed documents that appear to be either patently false or misleading in connection with the Motion For Stay Relief. In the Motion For Stay Relief, Chase took the position that it was acting only as the servicer of the Mortgage. Chase at the same time attached documents which supported a different position. Specifically, an assignment showed that Chase held the Mortgage and was assigning that Mortgage to Deutsche. Not only was the assignment dated post-petition, but it was signed only a few days before Chase filed the Motion For Stay Relief. The assignment was also prepared several years after the last actual assignment of the Mortgage. When afforded opportunities to correct this matter, Chase, through supplemental filings, continued to produce documents that were confusing and contradictory, and presented an affirmation submitted by a witness who apparently had no direct or personal knowledge of the facts or the chain of ownership of the Mortgage. However, what is clear is that, whether created through inadvertence or a deliberate act, the assignments created by Chase in connection with the Motion For Stay Relief appear to be false or misleading.
This is not the first time that Chase’s conduct with regard to motions for relief from the stay has been questioned in a bankruptcy case. Although Chase has recently taken remedial steps to address concerns expressed by courts in connection with other cases, based on Chase’s past and current conduct, the United States Trustee supports the Debtor’s request for sanctions in order to deter further conduct such as that seen in this case.
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There is an old adage “Liars figure but figures don’t lie”
JP Morgan Chase, a case study in Liars that figure.
This is a story that rivals the criminal activities of Enron’s Executives (“the smartest men in the room”) with one major difference, Enron’s victims were primarily investors, whereas Chases victims are vulnerable and financially distressed Chase customers. This includes US servicemen and their families and thousands of others facing foreclosure, with chase “gaming” the Obama MHAP program to steal from, and foreclose on, seniors seeking help from the federal program designed to provide financial relief.
Chase says it will pay more than $2 million to about 4,000 service member mortgage holders that were overcharged in interest while they were on active duty. The bank’s decision is linked to a five-year legal battle with Marine Capt. Jonathan Rowles, an F/A-18D weapons system officer who sued after the institution continued to charge him 9 or 10 percent interest on his mortgage — a violation of the Service members Civil Relief Act — and threatened to take his home. .
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
This is a story that will not be welcome or embraced by politicians influenced (if not corrupted) by big banking lobbyists.
This is a story that can change the way elected officials will level the playing field for the most vulnerable of our citizens victimized by the US banking system.
This is a story that needs to be pursued by the institutions that are chartered to challenge the criminal activities aimed at our most vulnerable and least protected citizens.
This is a story that should culminate in the prosecution of responsible Chase management under the “RICO Act’.
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