The core of defending against foreclosure is getting the right information during court proceedings. The goal here is to ask questions that neither the bank’s lawyer nor the bank itself can answer. Specifically, you want to question the real existence of the debt, who really owns it, and who has the right to collect or …
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As Neil Garfield explained to me and many of his clients and readers, the only thing most judges are interested in is where did the money go, who paid, who received and whether it was paid, and if in part, to what extent. One must be very careful to distinguish this from the “show me …
By Eric Mains, J.D, Former Federal Bank Regulator In the last few months we have seen a literal wave of the wealthy and influential falling from grace, losing their positions of power and ducking for cover as their conduct becomes scrutinized in media and social media. They have become keenly aware if they have something …
Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Tonight Southern California attorney Charles Marshall will host the new West Coast Radio Show with Attorney Charles Marshall with guest Eric Mains, former FDIC Team Leader. The West Coast Radio Show will run the first and …
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-bankers-behind-the-financial-crisis-actually-got-promoted?curator=MediaREDEF The Bankers Behind the Financial Crisis Actually Got Promoted by David Dayen/VICE Jun 1 2017, 1:00pm Millions lost their homes and jobs, and not only did the bankers not go to jail, most of them got new and better gigs, according to a new study. By now it’s well known that no senior …
When Crime Pays: Bankers Behind Financial Crisis were Promoted, not Jailed Read More »
Editor’s Note: Mark Stopa is an excellent foreclosure attorney located in Tampa, Florida. We highly recommend his foreclosure blog a www.stayinmyhome.com. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=16000307729425709560&hl=en&as_sdt=2006 PATRICK WALSH AND CATHERINE WALSH, Appellants, v. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST, ETC., ET AL., Appellees. Case No. 5D15-1898.District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.Opinion filed April 21, 2017.Appeal from …
A bankruptcy judge issued a $45 million fine against Bank of America Corp. , calling the bank’s treatment of a California couple who fought to save their home “brazen” and “heartless” and should have added the words “illegal”, “fraudulent” and “unconscionable”. Judge Christopher Klein of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento said the bank’s mortgage …
Bank of America fined $45 million for Abusive Foreclosure Read More »
The FBI proudly announces they have convicted a California mortgage rescue operation but pays no attention to the fact that banks are continuing their unabated crime spree that way surpasses a small time mortgage rescue operation. The government has hard evidence that bank servicers are participating in criminal conduct that includes forging instruments, perjured affidavits, …
USA v. Minas Litos and Adrian and Daniela Tartareanu | 7th Circuit halts fraud restitution, urges fine for ‘reckless’ Bank of America The Indiana Lawyer- Three defendants convicted of wire fraud in the purchase of 16 properties in Gary were clearly guilty of the crimes, but the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday threw out …
Editor’s Note: The story below may induce your gag reflex. Read at your own risk. http://en.mercopress.com/2017/02/14/former-goldman-sachs-executive-and-foreclosure-expert-confirmed-as-us-treasury-secretary A bitterly divided Senate on Monday confirmed Steven Mnuchin as United States treasury secretary despite strong objections by Democrats that the former banker ran a “foreclosure machine” when he headed OneWest Bank. Republicans said Mnuchin’s long tenure in finance …
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1118575381433&ca=a2e5c0b7-db56-42f8-9a03-3310d938cb61 Watch the video here: http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/immaculate-corruption Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson: The Immaculate Corruption featuring Richard Bowen. Photo: Sharyl Attkisson Full Measure News is broadcast to 43 million households in 79 markets on 162 Sinclair Broadcast Group stations, including ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, MyTV, Univision and Telemundo affiliates and streams live Sunday mornings at 9:30 …
CitiGroup Whistleblower Richard Bowen: The Immaculate Corruption Read More »
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mnuchin-treasury-onewest-20170130-story.html By Jim Puzzanghera An Ohio newspaper reported that Steve Mnuchin, President Trump’s nominee to be Treasury secretary, misled senators about foreclosures by OneWest Bank while he was chief executive, providing more fuel to opponents ahead of a contentious committee confirmation vote scheduled for Monday. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that Mnuchin denied in written responses …
Washington Mutual Bank Sold These 67,529 Toxic Loans, And Not One Single Foreclosure By The Investors? In relation to my previous article, let me continue a bit further. More and more cases continue to come across my desk showing that WaMu loans claimed to be owned by JPMorgan Chase, through the “Purchase & Assumption Agreement” with the FDIC, …
Christopher A. Gorman, New York Law Journal October 19, 2016 Most institutional lenders, trusts and large financial institutions that loan money to borrowers or acquire distressed loans use loan servicers to service their loans after the loans are originated or otherwise assigned to them. Loan servicing is the process by which a lender uses a …
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2011 Halloween Flash Back from the New York Times. On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a “foreclosure mill” firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners …
The same judges that consistently ignore defenses with respect to the endorsements, assignments, or other issues instantly recognize that where there is an error or break in the chain of title, the “bank” must step back, dismiss the foreclosure and start over again. THIS ARTICLE IS NOT A LEGAL OPINION UPON WHICH YOU CAN RELY …
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/24/1572040/-Five-questions-with-David-Dayen-about-foreclosure-fraud-activism-and-hope David Dayen (dday to old-timers at Daily Kos) has been the most single most dogged journalist digging into the massive fraud perpetuated on American homeowners in the last decade, the fraud that almost brought down the global economy. In fact, he wrote the book on it—Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great …
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By the Lending Lies Team http://www.zillow.com/research/foreclosures-and-wealth-inequality-12523/ Losing your home by foreclosure to a bank that used fabricated documents to foreclose is a tragedy that has tainted the American dream for millions of Americans. The process is unjust, unlawful and dehumanizing. But even years after the former homeowner has moved forward with their lives they sustain …
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see http://www.pe.com/articles/san-808058-defendants-homeowners.html “The defendants filed bogus petitions and court pleadings and recorded false deeds in county recorders’ offices.” So here is my issue. That description of what they did sounds really bad. And maybe it IS bad and should be punished. BUT has the judiciary now opened the door to calling this behavior “not so …
A Double Standard: Only Mega-Bank's can Fabricate Mortgage Documents without Consequence Read More »
http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-of-appeal-addresses-prejudice-48045/ By Kevin Brodehl If a property owner loses their property through a foreclosure sale initiated by someone who did not validly own the debt, has the property owner automatically suffered enough “prejudice” to pursue a claim for wrongful foreclosure? Or does the property owner also need to show that it would have been able …
By William Hudson “Emotional violence is another kind of abuse … it’s not about words because an emotionally abusive person doesn’t always resort to using the verbal club, but rather the verbal untraceable poison.” ~Augusten Burroughs The banks commit felonious financial crimes against homeowners with impunity. But even more egregious and …
By William Hudson The progressives in Santa Cruz, California- a sleepy surfer community off of California’s stunning Route 1 highway have decided to take action against the big banks and their Wall Street Tactics- and hope their tactics will spread nationwide. Santa Cruz- located about 45 minutes south of San Jose and about 50 …
Santa Cruz County Boycotts Big Banks that do Bad Things Read More »
By William Hudson Buset-Final-Order-Granting-Mtn-for-Involuntary-Dismissal CASE NO.: 12-38811 CA 01 HSBC v BUSET JUDGE: BEATRICE BUTCHKO The Honorable Judge Beatrice Butchko of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida granted an involuntary dismissal against Plaintiff HSBC for unclean hands, lack of competent evidence and an order to show why plaintiff shouldn’t be sanctioned for fraud upon …
For More Information and assistance please call 954-495-9867 or 520-405-1688 ———————————— No reasonable person would abandon this many homes after taking the trouble to foreclose on them. There is an obvious preference for foreclosure over workouts, modifications, short sales, resales, and other tools. This shows clearly that loss mitigation is not one of the factors …
