EDITOR’S NOTE: This decision is buried in the flurry of articles regarding the liability of investment banks for fraud in connection with upstream or downstream activity. This decision stands for the proposition that Goodman had sufficient knowledge to know or it SHOULD have known that there was fraud in the activities that were subject of […]

Tags: fraud on the court, mortgage fraud
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Editor’s Comment: Appraisal fraud, ratings fraud, misrepresentation, steering investors and borrowers in the wrong direction — all of these amount to the same thing: DECEIT. And as everyone knows, when someone is bilked out of money or value through deceit, they are entitled to made whole — as close as possible, and probably entitled to […]

Tags: Appraisal, appraisal fraud, appraiser’s comments section, builders, comparable property, comparable sales, Condo, countrywide, early transfers, fraud, HERS, HOA, incentives, independent loan brokers, inflated values, Landsafe, loan officer, mortgage fraud, occupancy ratios, property management company, upgrade sheet, upgrades
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It seems that my Texas readers have done some research of their own regarding my recent posting about using identity theft and mortgage fraud as a solid claim with teeth to go after individuals and corporations who tricked you into the mortgage terms that nobody could pay or will pay. Hi Neil: After reading your […]

Tags: foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, identity theft, mortgage fraud
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Submitted by Gator Bradshaw, Esq., Florida Attorney. Raises some interesting causes of action for Mortgage Fraud and ID Theft. Originally lobbied by lenders, this was to protect them from unscrupulous borrowers and conspiracies with mortgage brokers et al. Now it seems they violated the very same laws they fought so hard to get on the […]

Tags: foreclosure defense, foreclosure offense, ID Theft, mortgage fraud
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events-coming-up-for-garfield-continuum-and-garfield-handbooks santa-monica-registration-090408 LAYMAN SEMINAR garfield-memo-on-single-transaction-and-step-transaction-doctrine garfields-checklist-for-foreclosure-offense-and-defense1 the-evolution-of-the-subprime-mortgage-market NOTE THAT TELEMARKETING PLAYED A HUGE PART IN SELLING SECURITIZED MORTGAGES Wachovia Corporation JB Reed/Bloomberg News The Wachovia Corporation was formed through a series of mergers over the years that not only made it one of the country’s largest financial institutions, but earned it a reputation as an […]

Tags: fraud, mortgage fraud, telemarketing
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The good news is that there are people out there who are looking to help you. The bad news is that most of them are not out to help you but rather to help themselves. Check references carefully. Beware of big promises and too little information. Foreclosure defense in the mortgage meltdown and credit crisis […]

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