Florida attorney general files suit against land trusts, calling business unfair and deceptive
A civil complaint was filed Tuesday against several South Florida land trust companies, related firms and their owners by the Florida Attorney General’s office claiming they are making false promises to struggling homeowners.
The companies, first written about by The Palm Beach Post in June, solicit underwater homeowners through cold calls and YouTube videos to sign over their deeds to the trust, sometimes for a fee. The trust then sues the homeowner’s lender to try to cancel the mortgage while setting the homeowner up on another payment plan for the home.
Tuesday’s complaint, which includes an asset freeze on all defendants and an injunction against continued operations, says the land trusts induce consumers to transfer title to their homes for no consideration and to pay the firms thousands of dollars in fees for services they can’t deliver.
Hundreds of Florida homeowners, including about 90 in Palm Beach County, have given their deeds to the trusts. The homes range from million-dollar waterfront mansions in Boca Raton to $60,000 condominiums west of Florida’s Turnpike.
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FLORIDA AG vs FIDELITY LAND TRUST
Pam-Thank god for the new Federal modificatio program,forcing banks to drop the principal and give home owners a lower morgage.I tried several times to get a MOD,but these banks traded off these homes without recording the assignment or transfer,nor did they have any paperwork showing me that the are the owner ..WAZ_UP?.that alone is why i could not even have my attornies doing the mod. to even get a responce back..my 4 lenders violated about 25 FL.Staiues backed by case law,so do not tell me you think im tring to get out of paying.i just wanted that federal mod program started back in 2008 that all us tax payers paid for..maybe you should try modeling cause these banks are in BIG DODO when the dust clears. Plant City