HSBC Bank USA fined $10,000 in home seizure
An outspoken State Supreme Court justice in Brooklyn known for taking on banks and throwing out foreclosures has fined HSBC Bank USA $10,000 for “frivolous conduct” in trying to seize a home without proper paperwork.
Justice Arthur M. Schack sanctioned the U. S. subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings Plc last week, citing the bank’s “waste of judicial resources” in continuing a foreclosure action “with all of its defects.”
In his ruling, he said the bank’s “use of robosigners” is “completely without merit in law,” and he accused the bank of asserting “material factual statements that are false.”
He also sanctioned HSBC’s legal counsel, the law firm of Shapiro DiCaro & Barak LLC, for the same reasons, putting blame specifically on attorney Frank M. Cassara but imposing a $5,000 fine on the firm instead of the attorney.
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I find it funny that he sanctioned the two entities that weren’t at fault, and let the servicer, who actually created the faulty documents, skate away free? It’ll be appealed and overturned, but he got his point in this news again, which was his goal.
$5000 – for committing felony fraud? Is there an ala carte menu for frauds that can be committed the the trivial fines that can be expected, since jail-time or revoking the lawyers ability to practice law would hurt their feelings?
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Should’ve been a higher penalty to discourage additional acts. But, a good start.
They should be in jail and a higher penalty, but a stepping stone( I mean pebble, or I mean a grain of sand toward the right direction.
I went to the Country Recorders office to get certified copies of the FOUR ASSIGNMENTS that were recorded after the foreclosure lis pends was recorded…
The clerk told me they can’t do that…
I told the clerk they are trying to strike my affirmative defenses of fraud and I need proof for court that they indeed are fraudsters…
After a litany of lively discussions with various clerks I proceeded to go to the mortgage fraud dept to file a formal complaint..
The nice man was intrigued with my story and told me he would investigate…he will call me on Tuesday with his findings…
THe clerk also informed me that after the 1st of the year there will be a thousand dollar fine for recording fraudulent docs…I doubt that will stop them but it is something.,…!
$5000 doen’t seem like much for all that!