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PTSD: A Breakdown of Securitization in the Real World

By using the methods of magicians who distract the viewer from what is really happening the banks have managed to hoodwink even the victims and their lawyers into thinking that collection and foreclosure on “securitized” loans are real and proper. Nobody actually stops to ask whether the named claimant is actually going to receive the …

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Gary Dubin: Proposed Mortgage Integrity Act (MIA):

For ten years, Gary Dubin in Hawaii has been practicing law defending homeowners from foreclosure. He has preached his own version of how to combat foreclosure fraud. And he has practiced what he preached. I find his work enlightening and refreshing. So when I read his Proposed Mortgage Integrity Act (MIA) I decided to republish …

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New products could increase the number of investors shorting U.S. home loans

A sluggish mortgage-bond market could be jump-started by a new service that allows investors to short home loans. Skeptics say the rise of derivatives on credit-risk transfer notes sold by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has echoes of the 2008 credit crisis, when the market plunged under the weight of collapsing subprime securities. Fannie and Freddie – the …

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PONZI SCHEMES: Liability Of Lawyers and Accountants to be Considered

“Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi, (March 3, 1882 – January 18, 1949), commonly known as Charles Ponzi, was an Italian businessman and con artist in the U.S. and Canada. His aliases include Charles Ponci, Carlo and Charles P. Bianchi.[1] Born in Italy, he became known in the early 1920s as a swindler in North …

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Criminal Charges Expected Against BofA, Citi, JP Morgan Chase

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"A day of reckoning may soon be coming." Yves Smith

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Virtual Finance: Turning Things Right Side Up

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Everyone Else Knows: Why Do We Continue To Ignore It?

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OK LAWYERS, STEP UP TO THIS ONE — It is literally a no- brainer

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Now They See the Light — 40% of Homes Underwater

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DO You Want It To Slow Down or to Stop

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WSJ: Home Ownership at 15 Year Low

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THE REAL MONEY TRAIL

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FED POLICY FAVORS MEGA BANKS AND IS ANTICOMPETITIVE ADDING TO TRAIN WRECK

SEE LIVINGLIES LITIGATION SUPPORT AT LUMINAQ.COM GET LUMINAQ COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION SEARCH see 60 MINUTES: TITLE PROBLEMS ARISING FROM SECURITIZATION A \”TRAIN WRECK\” EDITOR’S COMMENT: With 7,000 community banks and credit unions, an electronic funds transfer infrastructure enabling even the smallest bank to provide wide access ATM, internet and other conveniences, you would think …

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POLITICANS RUSH TO CASTRATE FINANCIAL REFORM

SEE LIVINGLIES LITIGATION SUPPORT AT LUMINAQ.COM The fact that Wall Street is so intent on doing this can only indicate one thing: they intend to do it again. Wake up America! SEE VIDEO ELIZABETH WARREN ON GOALS FOR FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION Note: One of the things that Warren brings out in the video is that …

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LIQUIDITY TRAP CONTINUES TO STALL RECOVERY

SEE LIVINGLIES LITIGATION SUPPORT AT LUMINAQ.COM SEE Liquidity_trap “This is a call for application of existing law, not for the ideological shifting of wealth. If people get their cars and houses back that were taken illegally, we will have the capacity to invest, to restart commerce, and prosper. If we keep people enslaved in fictitious …

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Deceptive Lobbying on Derivatives

EDITOR’S COMMENT: Once again Simon JOhnson hits the nail on the head. Those of you who want a more sophisticated picture of this mortgage mess along with the macro-economic view would do well to visit www.baselinescenario.com. With the latest move in New York allowing legal aid to homeowners in foreclosure, the number of contested cases …

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SEC FUNDING CREATES CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND BAD NEWS FOR CONSUMERS

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary WALL STREET: THE UNTOUCHABLES Representative Stephen Lynch, Democrat of Massachusetts, warned: “You think regulation is costly? How about the $7 trillion we just lost from not regulating the derivatives markets.” EDITOR’S NOTE: Our institutions are compromised with moral hazard every way you turn. The FDA, …

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SECRET BANKING ELITE: WHERE THE REAL DECISIONS ARE MADE

COMBO Title and Securitization Search, Report, Documents, Analysis & Commentary Notable Quotes: “The men share a common goal: to protect the interests of big banks in the vast market for derivatives, one of the most profitable — and controversial — fields in finance. They also share a common secret: The details of their meetings, even …

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WORLD HUNGER PROVIDES PROOF OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES INFLATING PRICES

One of the hardest things for people to get their minds around is how borrowers were defrauded. The nagging question keeps coming to mind “But you DID sign the loan and take the money, didn’t you?” Yes you did, but you did it because of a representation and virtual guarantee from several parties at the …

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AND the indictments start

“This will go on for a long time and a lot of people will be indicted,” “The government continues to show that it simply doesn’t understand how this market operated,” Editor’s Note: If you read this carefully, you get a flavor of how the derivative scam adventure involved everyone except its victims. Mind you, there …

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Regulation and Prosecution on Wall Street

In my opinion, the growing anger at Wall Street is giving Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon another chance at misdirection. They are using the current popular angst to steer the debate into whether derivatives and synthetic CDOs should be banned. In the end they will win that debate, and they should win it. What they …

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Forensic Analysis: Unions Amass Armory of Research on Foreclosures of Securitized Mortgages

“We did not service the loan,” Mr. Dale said. “We did not originate the loan, and we were not the financial entity that placed it into foreclosure. Do you understand what a trustee does?” Editor’s Note: Well, Yes Mr. Dale, we do understand what a trustee does and can do —- nothing. So why are …

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