BONY Mellon Clearing Unit ordered to Pay Compensatory and Punitive Damages For Role in Ponzi Scheme
Feb 20, 2020
Tuesday’s award was only the second granted in arbitration to Stanford investors who have brought complaints against Pershing, the Bank of New York Mellon-owned clearing firm that worked with the firm from 2006 through its February 2009 shutdown. The investors bought certificates of deposit from a Stanford-controlled bank that proved worthless. (e.s.) see https://advisorhub.com/pershing-ordered-to-pay-5-6-mln-to-victims-of-stanford-ponzi-scheme/[...]
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Tonight! How to Present Evidence in Court. Basic primer for attorneys and pro se litigants. 6PM EST 3PM PST
Feb 20, 2020
WHAT IS EVIDENCE? Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the Neil Garfield Show Tonight’s Show Hosted by Neil Garfield, Esq. Call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Tonight I am commenting directly on about one dozen submissions to me, mostly from pro se litigants who have submitted affidavits, declarations and exhibits only to have the judge completely disregard them as either not…[...]
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The Myth About How Greedy Borrowers Caused the Financial Crisis and Should Pay By Losing Their Homes
Feb 20, 2020
The law needs to be changed to permit securitization schemes to designate a specific receiver or player to act as the real party in interest --- or there will continue to be an absence of such real parties. Without that the debt can never be legally retired even if paid off to some securitization player. The courts lack jurisdiction (authority)…[...]
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In our wild West society it is possible for almost anybody to scam almost everybody. This is because most people lack the information to know whether an offer is real or fake. As a result they tend to "hire" people who tell them what they want to hear. And in foreclosure situations, what they want to hear is that the…[...]
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Quiet Title — Not as Easy as It Sounds But It Could Lead to Successful Strategies and Tactics
Feb 18, 2020
The failures to disclose material facts providing the real context of the "loans" deprived borrowers of choice between lenders and deprived them of the opportunity of bargaining for terms that were based upon the economic reality --- that the main point of the loan origination was not the loan but rather the sale of unregistered securities. THAT is where the…[...]
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We are now on the longest stock bubble in history - stocks are up way above the tech boom. GDP was 4% then and 2% now. The difference? The government is STILL printing money and dumping it on the financial institutions in the form of overnight repo lending money - almost all of which is going right back into…[...]
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Annie Lowry, staff writer at The Atlantic calls it the "Great Affordability Crisis" * These are what I call hidden private taxes and other expenses that either didn't exist before or which cost a fraction of what they do now like * healthcare childcare drinking water telephone telephone service internet bail cars Cable TV Interest expense on debt etc. *…[...]
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Larry Delassus, of Hermosa Beach, California, lost his house two years ago after the bank thought he was behind on his property taxes but it was actually his neighbor Despite proving he was ahead of schedule on his mortgage and had paid his property taxes in advance, he still had to fight the bank in court The 62-year-old who suffered…[...]
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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the WEST COAST Neil Garfield Show with Attorney Charles Marshall Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays On today's Show Charles Marshall will break down and break out analysis on the following topics: Using unlawful detainer (UD) legal procedure to increase your leverage as a UD defendant through the filing where appropriate of - motions to…[...]
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And neither will any other presidential candidate. Lloyd Blankfein's latest comment comes out of panic. Goldman Sachs was at the root of the 2008 pandemic. He knows that all of the pornographic profits collected by Goldman Sachs (some taxpayer funded --- see AIG deal) are subject to clawback simply because they were illegally obtained on false pretenses. I'm not endorsing…[...]
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