Posts Tagged ‘loan modification fraud’

Judge Rules Wells Fargo Failed to Comply with 2010 Settlement – Many homes lost unnecessarily.

Why wouldn't every homeowner demand Wells Fargo be severely punished for disregarding a legal settlement, and for allowing people to lose homes unnecessarily?... (Continue reading)

Bar Defense Atty David Carr Exposes the CA Bar on Scammers and SB 94 – A MM Podcast

Bar Defense Atty David Carr Exposes the CA Bar on Scammers and SB 94 - A MM Podcast

If you're a lawyer or real estate licensee that has been involved in helping homeowners save their homes from foreclosure over the last few years, or a homeowner struggling to understand the crisis at hand... I PROMISE... YOU DO NOT... (Continue reading)

FDIC Chair Sheila Bair Warns Senate Committee about “Millions of Infected Foreclosures”

FDIC Chair Sheila Bair Warns Senate Committee about

Well, perhaps it's because Sheila is now a short-timer and will be retiring from her post at the FDIC this July, that she is now feeling a little more comfortable telling the truth, even if that means disagreeing with Walsh... (Continue reading)

The Kings and Queens Loan Mod Scammers: Arizona & Nevada Sue Bank of America Over Loan Modification Program

The Kings and Queens Loan Mod Scammers: Arizona & Nevada Sue Bank of America Over Loan Modification Program

So, when the opportunity came up to investigate the banks as a result of things like robo-signers fraudulently signing affidavits in order to foreclose on people's homes, came to light, Terry Goddard was one of the state attorneys general to... (Continue reading)

ABA and More Than a Dozen State Bars Ask Congress for Lawyer Exemption on Loan Modification Rule

ABA and More Than a Dozen State Bars Ask Congress for Lawyer Exemption on Loan Modification Rule

"A growing list of more than a dozen state bars and the ABA have asked for changes in congressional legislation aimed at protecting consumers from financial fraud because it contains language so broad that the everyday work of lawyers in... (Continue reading)

BRINGING UP THE REAR FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz

BRINGING UP THE REAR  FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz

If you want to get rid of the loan modification scammers, you certainly don't reduce the number of legitimate options available to help, you let people know where they can get help... beyond calling their bank or standing in line... (Continue reading)

The FTC Needs a More Reasoned Approach to Stop Loan Mod Scams

The FTC Needs a More Reasoned Approach to Stop Loan Mod Scams

Yes, I've walked through this steaming pile of freshness so many times and in so many ways, that I've come to consider the idea that there's something in the water that's causing otherwise intelligent people to lose their capacity for... (Continue reading)

Judge Dismisses 110 of the Felony Counts Against Southern California Attorney Accused of Loan Modification Scam

Judge Dismisses 110 of the Felony Counts Against Southern California Attorney Accused of Loan Modification Scam

You mean to say that the District Attorney prosecuting the case, who presumably had reviewed the evidence, made the decision to file the charges, had Mr. Diener arrested and then argued for a seven-figure bail amount, suggesting that he was... (Continue reading)

Green Credit & Me

Green Credit & Me

If the guys in Sacramento or Washington D.C. think that I view ANYTHING they've done to-date as being even remotely competent, let me be oh so clear... I DON'T. As far as I'm concerned, our government is functioning just... (Continue reading)

Journalists on Crack: Are Lawyers Turning to Crime in Tough Times?

Journalists on Crack: Are Lawyers Turning to Crime in Tough Times?

Oh for Christ's sake Miller, don't you have anything better to do than to scare people out of hiring a lawyer when at risk of losing their home? Because that's all this kind of crap is accomplishing, don't you... (Continue reading)

Did Attorneys “TURN BAD” in 2009? What… Is There Something in the Water?

In 2009, not only did all of that happen... and more, but more importantly, in 2009 we all started to realize that our way of life... the one we've come to know over the last thirty years, would not be... (Continue reading)