Pensioners Will Feel the Pinch from Illegal Mortgages and Foreclosures

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Like I said, the loans never made into the “pools”

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Hiding Behind Advice of Counsel No Better Than Ratings

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How Did H & R Block Get into the Subprime Mortgage Business?

MOST POPULAR ARTICLES CLICK HERE TO GET COMBO TITLE AND SECURITIZATION REPORT CUSTOMER SERVICE 520-405-1688 Tax Preparer Slammed with $24 Million in Fines on Toxic Mortgages Editor’s Comment:  You really have to think about some of these stories and what they mean.  1. Where is the synergy in a merger between Option One and H&R [...]

POLITICANS RUSH TO CASTRATE FINANCIAL REFORM

SEE LIVINGLIES LITIGATION SUPPORT AT LUMINAQ.COM The fact that Wall Street is so intent on doing this can only indicate one thing: they intend to do it again. Wake up America! SEE VIDEO ELIZABETH WARREN ON GOALS FOR FINANCIAL CONSUMER PROTECTION Note: One of the things that Warren brings out in the video is that [...]

A.I.G. to Pay $725 Million in Ohio Case

July 16, 2010 A.I.G. to Pay $725 Million in Ohio Case By MICHAEL POWELL and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH The American International Group, once the nation’s largest insurance group before it nearly collapsed in 2008, has agreed to pay $725 million to three Ohio pension funds to settle six-year-old claims of accounting fraud, stock manipulation and [...]

TBW Taylor Bean Chairman Arrested On Fraud Charges

“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 [...]

AND the indictments start

“This will go on for a long time and a lot of people will be indicted,” “The government continues to show that it simply doesn’t understand how this market operated,” Editor’s Note: If you read this carefully, you get a flavor of how the derivative scam adventure involved everyone except its victims. Mind you, there [...]

Borrower Bailout?: Goldman Sachs Conveyor Belt

If you have a GSAMP securitized loan you might want to pay particular attention here. In fact, if you ever had a securitized loan of any kind you should be very interested. Hudson Mezzanine: The use of the word “mezzanine” is like the use of the word “Trust.” There is no mezzanine and there is [...]

Goldman Sachs Messages Show It Thrived as Economy Fell

Editor’s Note: Now the truth as reported here two years ago. There were no losses. They were making money hand over fist. And this article focuses only on a single topic — some of the credit default swaps — those that Goldman had bought in its own name, leaving out all the other swaps bought [...]

Discovery and Motion Practice: Watch Those Committee Hearings on Rating Agencies

REGISTER NOW FOR DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE WORKSHOP MAY 23-24 Editor’s Note: As these hearings progress, you will see more and more admissible evidence and more clues to what you should be asking for  in discovery. You are getting enhanced credibility from these government inquiries and the results are already coming out as you can [...]

Discovery: references to SEC filings and Edgar should refer to this Final Order

Editor’s Note: This is the securities equivalent of MERS or HERS. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 17 CFR Part 232 [Release Nos. 33-9077; 34-60875; 39-2468; IC-28984] Adoption of Updated EDGAR Filer Manual AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) is adopting revisions to the Electronic Data Gathering, [...]

Self Dealing Part II: Investigations Started

NY Times: “When you buy protection against an event that you have a hand in causing, you are buying fire insurance on someone else’s house and then committing arson.” Mr. Lippmann made his pitch to select hedge fund clients, arguing they should short the mortgage market. He sometimes distributed a T-shirt that read “I’m Short [...]

Ohio Sues Rating Firms for Losses in Funds: Fraud Catching Up with Swindlers

NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE/AMAZON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO FORECLOSURE DEFENSE AND OFFENSE: OK I know the last thing you want to hear is how complex this scheme was. But if you can get over the intimidation factor, you will see how the lawsuits filed by individual homeowners, attorney generals, and class actions are picking [...]