Submitted by Matt Stoller via The Intercept, In 2011, unemployment was at a near crisis level. The jobless rate was stuck around 9 percent nationally, an unusually high number due to the continuing effects of the financial crash. House Democrats were aghast. “With almost five unemployed Americans for every job opening, too many people remain jobless because of a lack…[...]

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Thursdays LIVE! Click in to the The Neil Garfield Show Or call in at (347) 850-1260, 6pm Eastern Thursdays Investigator Bill Paatalo who investigates foreclosure fraud nationwide joins Neil Garfield to discuss a recent California trial he testified in.  This case was not a foreclosure issue, and the homeowners sought a straight declaratory action seeking to expunge and declare as…[...]

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The fine, assessed by the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, satisfies a provision of a previous consent order against Lender Processing Services. The fine will be paid to the U.S. Treasury. The problem here is obvious: How can the FED, FDIC, and OCC fine the perpetrators of fraud…[...]

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Fine related to 2011's industry-wide foreclosure settlement January 24, 2017 Ben Lane http://www.housingwire.com/articles/39027-servicelink-fined-65-million-for-lps-foreclosure-deficiencies In 2011, Lender Processing Services was part of a massive settlement with the government over industry-wide foreclosure misconduct that occurred after the housing crash. That settlement stemmed from document missteps in the third-party foreclosure process at some very large banks and mortgage servicers in the aftermath of…[...]

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By David Dayen https://theintercept.com/staff/davidd/ Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin lied in his written responses to the Senate Finance Committee, claiming that “OneWest Bank did not ‘robo-sign’ documents,” when ample evidence proves that they did. Mnuchin ran OneWest Bank from 2009 to 2015 in a manner so ruthless to mortgage holders that he has been dubbed the “Foreclosure King” by his…[...]

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a per se violation of TILA or any other Federal or State law makes the act also per se violations of the FTC act, (and the applicable little FTC acts passed in various states). Florida is used here as an example.  Get a consult! 202-838-6345 https://www.vcita.com/v/lendinglies to schedule CONSULT, leave message or make payments.   THIS ARTICLE IS NOT A LEGAL…[...]

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  Big Bank corruption permeates our economy, social institutions and government while destroying the lives of the average American worker, homeowner and consumer.  Banks fund corporations, projects and policies that are antithetical to American life quality, but as long as there are profits to be made to hell with everything else. Predatory lending and fraudulent foreclosures have decimated our economy…[...]

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This is one instance in which the industry practice of tricking borrowers into foreclosure becomes crystal clear. The case is also instructive on the terms of so-called "modifications." The goal in all instances is to use every means at their disposal to trick the borrower into waiving rights and falling into the abyss of foreclosure without any appropriate disclosures. these…[...]

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http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/01/bill-black-letter-warren-buffett-charlie-munger-hiring-proven-whistleblowers.html Posted on January 20, 2017 by Lambert Strether Lambert here: One of those sensible measures that just never seems to happen… By Bill Black, the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One and an associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Originally published at New Economic Perspectives. The Wall…[...]

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What is unique and instructive about this decision from the Montana Supreme Court is that it gives details of each and every fraudulent, wrongful and otherwise illegal acts that were committed by a self-proclaimed servicer and the "defective" trustee on the deed of trust. You need to read the case to see how many different times the same court in…[...]

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