““The words PONZI SCHEME and FRAUD applied to the mortgage meltdown has been largely dismissed by policy makers, law enforcement and regulators. Instead we heard the terms RISKY BEHAVIOR and RECKLESSNESS. Now law enforcement has finally completed its investigation and determined that those who set the tone and culture of Wall Street were deeply involved […]

Tags: appraisal fraud, benefit of the bargain, defective mortgages, exemplary damages, fraud, Libor, market manipulation, pattern of behavior, Ponzi, punitive damages, TILA, treble damages
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You read the news on one settlement after another, it sounds like the pound of flesh is being exacted from the culprits again and again. This time the FHFA, as owner of Fannie and Freddie, is going for a settlement with Bank of America for sale of “faulty mortgage bonds.” And most people sit back […]

Tags: Bank balance sheet, Bank of America, defective mortgage bonds, defective mortgages, Fannie, faulty mortgage bonds, faulty mortgages, FHFA, foreclosure defense, Freddie, loan closings, loan origination, mortgage bonds, sale of loans, underwriting mortgage bonds
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As regulators conclude their long investigation into the cloud of companies and the maze of paths of paperwork and money the real victims are being revealed. We know Pension funds got hit hard and are now underfunded strictly as a result of buying worthless mortgage bonds from investment bankers who promised them protection and transparency […]

Tags: credit unions, defective mortgages, investors, Morgan Stanley, regulators, unenforceable mortgages
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