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Sep 23, 2016

“Defendant Wells Fargo’s deceptive and intentional conduct displayed a complete and total disregard for the rights” of the couple, wrote Judge Elliott, a circuit judge in the 43rd Judicial District of Missouri. “Wells Fargo took its money and moved on, with complete disregard to the human damage left in its wake.” see http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/business/in-wells-fargos-bogus-accounts-echoes-of-foreclosure-abuses.html?_r=0 Gretchen Morgenson […]

Jul 13, 2016

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 […]

May 8, 2016

Held Hostage by a Home Depending on reader response- this column may become an ongoing Sunday feature on LivingLies. Let us know what you think. ______________________________________________________________________ Although Neil Garfield eloquently describes the legal dynamics of foreclosure, there is also a human battle waged in millions of homes nationwide that remains hidden behind walls of shame, […]

Nov 23, 2011

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION ANALYSIS – CLICK HERE “workers joked that bogus documents were being produced in the “art department.” “Supervisors’ behavior degenerated from vulgar to threatening, she claimed, when she started complaining about inflated property appraisals and other misconduct. Managers often forged borrowers’ signatures on loan documents and made up […]

Jun 17, 2010

“The fraud here is truly stunning in its scale and complexity,” said Lanny A. Breuer, assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the Department of Justice. “These charges send a strong message to corporations and corporate executives alike that financial fraud will be found, and it will be prosecuted.” Once they determined that that […]