Editor’s Note: Now the truth as reported here two years ago. There were no losses. They were making money hand over fist. And this article focuses only on a single topic — some of the credit default swaps — those that Goldman had bought in its own name, leaving out all the other swaps bought […]

Tags: ABACUS 2007-AC1, bonds, borowers, check-kiting, David A. Viniar, default, Eric Kolchinsky, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation., financial crisis, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Fitch, fraud, Gary D. Cohn, Goldman Sachs, GRETCHEN MORGENSON, HERS, John A. Paulson, Kolchinsky, lenders, lending, Lloyd C. Blankfein, losses, Louise Story, Moody's, mortgage backed securities, Office of Thrift Supervision, operating agreement, OWNERSHIP of the loan pool, Ponzi, Securities and Exchange Commission, selling forward, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, SEWELL CHAN, sham, shares, special purpose vehicle, Standard & Poor's, swaps, trust, trustee, Washington Mutual
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REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP MAY 23-24 Editor’s Note: As these hearings progress, you will see more and more admissible evidence and more clues to what you should be asking for  in discovery. You are getting enhanced credibility from these government inquiries and the results are already coming out as you can […]

Tags: admissible evidence, appraisals, Carl Levin, collateralized debt obligations, corrupt, credibility, David A. Skeel, discovery, enhanced credibility, HERS, inflation of the appraisals, loan product, market forces, Moody's Investors Service, Motion Practice, pattern of illegal conduct, rating agencies, rating system, Rating=Appraisal, reasonably relied, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEWELL CHAN, Standard & Poor's, Stockholm syndrome, University of Pennsylvania
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Judge Bashes Bank and Stern Law Firm in Foreclosure Case By AMIR EFRATI A Florida state-court judge, in a rare ruling, said a major national bank perpetrated a “fraud” in a foreclosure lawsuit, raising questions about how banks are attempting to claim homes from borrowers in default. The ruling, made last month in Pasco County, […]

Tags: affidavit, AMIR EFRATI, Anthony Rondolino, assignment of mortgage, David Stern law firm, disclosure, Fla., Florida, foreclosure defense, Forrest McSurdy, fraud, fraud upon the court, GMAC Mortgage LLC, Harpster, HERS, Judge Lynn Tepper, Law Offices of David J. Stern, Lender Liability, securitization, St. Petersburg, Steve Dale, trustee, U.S. Bank, Wall Street Journal, Wells Fargo
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see Magnetar%20Mortage%20Recovery%20Backstop%20Whitepaper%20Jun09.pdf Magnetar Mortage Recovery Backstop Whitepaper Jun09 Two things jump out at me with this paper from June, 2009. First it is obvious that the “real money” investors are defined as those seeking low risk and willing to take lower yield. The fact that they are called “Real Money Investors” underscores my point about […]

Tags: "true" fair market value, borrower, creditor, DEBTOR, fair market value, HERS, identity of the creditor, infrastructure, Investor, Magnetar, Moral Hazard, mortgage backed securities, mortgage modification, principal reduction, real money, real money investors, REAL PARTY IN INTEREST, recovery, risk, status quo, whitepaper, yield
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Nobody ever thought that returning a lady’s purse to her after a purse snatcher ran away with it was a gift. So why is anyone contesting returning the purse to homeowners who had their lives snatched from them? The baby steps of the Obama administration are frustrating. Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and those who walk […]

Tags: Appraisal, credit default swaps, false assumption, false rating, false value, Federal Bailout, foreclosure, homeowners, illegal fees, insurance, interest rate reduction, Larry Summers, loan product was viable, modification, Obama administration, principal reduction, release, servicers, temporary modification called a "trial", Tim Geithner
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class_action_against_boa1_kahlo HAMP Editor’s Note: Excellent Pleading on HAMP, TARP and related matters. They also bring up unjust enrichment which might also be applicable to the receipt and non-disclosure of third party payments. Good facts on illicit “modification” practices and the reasons why the modifications usually don’t become permanent. KAMIE KAHLO and DANIEL KAHLO, on behalf […]

Tags: Ari Y. Brown, BAC, BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, Bank of America, BOA, BofA, class action, cOMPLAINT, FORM, HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP, HAMP, HERS, Kahlo, Steve W. Berman, TARP, UNJUST ENRICHMENT, WASHINGTON
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“the banks should not be allowed to be larger than the government’s ability to regulate them” If you ask someone about big government, they will probably tell you they don’t want government meddling in their personal business. What they really mean is that they don’t want ANYONE meddling in their lives. In reality, that opened […]

Tags: AT&T, big government, consumer costs, credit card, debit cards, electronic payments and transfers, financial system, GOOD government, lobbying, private taxes, too big to fail
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Editor’s Note: Judges are quick to jump on the TILA Statute of Limitations by imposing the one year rule for rescission and damages. But there is more to it than that. First the statute does NOT cut off at one year except for items that are apparent on the face of the closing documentation; so […]

Tags: 215 F.R.D. 26, 30 (D. Mass. 2003)., brad keiser, damages, enforcement, expert, forensic analyst, McIntosh v. Irwin Union Bank & Trust Co., notary was improperly applied, one year, pretender lenders, Public records, rescission, securitization, statute of limitiations, three years, TILA, truth in lending, U.S.C. § 1641(e), violation is revealed
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REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP MAY 23-24 PRINCIPAL REDUCTION IS A RIGHT NOT A GIFT. IF THE OBLIGATION HAS BEEN PAID BY THIRD PARTIES, THEN THE OBLIGATION HAS ALREADY BEEN REDUCED. THE ONLY FUNCTION REMAINING IS TO DO THE ACCOUNTING. ” There should be no doubt in your mind now that virtually […]

Tags: accounting, allocation of payments, and advances, Bank of America, CALIFORNIA, creditor, delinquency status, discovery, foreclosure suit, foreclosures, Goldman Sachs, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, INVESTORS TAKE NOTE, Notice of Default, Notice of Sale, Obligation, payments, pool, principal reduction, profits, sale to investors, SEC, SPV pools, Steve Berman, TARP, TARP regulations, third party payments, undisclosed fees
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see comp-pr2010-59 SEC Complaint V GS Fraud “The Commission seeks injunctive relief, disgorgement of profits, prejudgment interest and civil penalties from both defendants.” Editor’s Note: Here is where the rubber meets the road. This same pool of illegal fraudulent profit is also subject to being defined as an undisclosed yield spread premium due to the […]

Tags: 10b-5, 15 U.S.C. §77q(a), 15 U.S.C. §78j(b) and Exchange Act Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. §240.10b-5, ABACUS 2007-AC1, ACA, ACA Management LLC ("ACA"), CDO, discovery, Exchange Act Rule 10b-5, Fabrice Tourre, flip book, fraud, Goldman Sachs, HERS, investment banks, marketing material, material misstatements and omissions, offering memorandum, Paulson & Co. Inc. ("Paulson"), portfolio, resecuritized CDO market, residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS"), RMBS, SEC, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, subprime, term sheet, Tourre
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