http://stopforeclosurefraud.com/2017/02/13/usa-v-minas-litos-and-adrian-and-daniela-tartareanu-7th-circuit-halts-fraud-restitution-urges-fine-for-reckless-bank-of-america/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitterutm_campaign=Feed%3A+ForeclosureFraudByDinsfla+%28FORECLOSURE+FRAUD+%7C+by+DinSFLA%29 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 a restitution order against them and urged the district court in Hammond to consider fining Bank of America for “facilitating a massive fraud.” “The bank was…[...]

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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 makes him qualified to run…[...]

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By Pam Martens and Russ Martens Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) charged two units of the Wall Street mega bank, Citigroup, with insidious fraudulent acts against homeowners while it imposed a modest $28.8 million in relief and penalties. The penalty portion of $7.4 million is meaningless because this is a bank that serially breaks the law, laughs…[...]

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Below is a letter from Arkansas Congressman French Hill, a whip at the House Financial Services Committee.  Hill is interested in writing a bill that actually empowers the consumer and small lenders including credit unions called the Financial Choice Act. Send your emails to : French.Hill@mail.house.gov Subject line: "Dodd-Frank Anecdote." Dear Friends, Much of my professional life was spent in…[...]

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Kristin Wong http://lifehacker.com/what-is-the-cfpb-and-what-does-it-offer-consumers-1792152764 The new Presidential administration will soon dissect the Dodd-Frank Act, a group of regulations the Obama administration developed in response to the 2008 financial crisis. Some political analysts expect them to disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). So what exactly is it, and what does it do for consumers? Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed the idea for…[...]

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[caption id="attachment_35460" align="alignnone" width="375"] Q & A Session Live at 6 pm[/caption]   Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays NEW MAIN NUMBER: 202-838-NEIL (6345). Do you have a question regarding wrongful foreclosure?  Tonight  Neil Garfield and California Attorney Charles Marshall will answer questions from Livinglies readers. Please…[...]

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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 a.m. ET. In some markets…[...]

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The banks were not taking risks. They were making risks and profiting from them. Or another way of looking at it is that with their superior knowledge they were neither taking nor making risks; instead they were creating the illusion of risk when the outcome was virtually certain. Securitization as practiced by Wall Street and residential "mortgage" loans is not…[...]

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Editor's Note:  CitiMortgage is the 6th largest loan servicer in the United States.  Citi is now exiting the lucrative industry of mortgage servicing and foreclosing on loans it doesn't own.  Citi was fined $28.8 million dollars last week for servicing improprieties.  By selling the servicing rights to these loans, CitiMortgage creates another layer of confusion and further distances them from…[...]

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IF THE SERVICER IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH US BANK "IN ANY WAY" THEN EITHER US BANK HAS NO TRUST DUTIES OR THE SERVICER HAS NO SERVICING AUTHORITY BOTTOM LINE: A trust without a trustee holding fiduciary duties and actual powers over trust assets is no trust at all. This signals corroboration for what is now well known in the public domain: the…[...]

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