Findings In Foreclosure Fraud Report Compiled By Squeezed-Out Florida AG Lawyers Significant In Recently-Booted Brooklyn Foreclosure Case

In West Palm Beach, Florida, The Palm Beach Post reports:

• A foreclosure fraud report compiled by two ousted Florida investigators was instrumental this month in winning a New York homeowner her case. The report by former state assistant attorneys general June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards is a step-by-step account of how some lenders allegedly sidestepped foreclosure laws using flawed and possibly fraudulent paperwork. The report, which cites Ocwen Financial Corp., a loan servicer that has workers in West Palm Beach, was first reported in The Palm Beach Post.



• Edwards said she and Clarkson were abruptly asked to resign or face firing from the attorney general's office in late May without reason and with no time to brief other employees on their foreclosure investigations.

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• "It is telling that, once again, a New York court is more interested in exposing fraud taking place right here in Palm Beach County than our own Florida courts, even citing to the investigation of the Florida Attorney General," said Tom Ice of Ice Legal in Royal Palm Beach.

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• New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack in his July 1 ruling against HSBC Bank(1) questions variations in signatures of Ocwen employees, who serviced the home loan for HSBC. He also ruled that HSBC had no standing to file the foreclosure because of a faulty assignment of mortgage.



• Schack read about the report by Edwards and Clarkson titled "Unfair, Deceptive and Unconscionable Acts in Foreclosure Cases" in a Palm Beach Post article published in January.(2) The article included information in the report on signatures of alleged Ocwen robo-signer Scott Anderson.

For more, see Florida fraud report key to New York foreclosure case.

(1) See:

• HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v Taher, 2011 NY Slip Op 51208(U) (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Kings Cty. July 1, 2011),


• New York Daily News: Supreme Court Justice Schack hits HSBC for 'frivolous motion' in foreclosure, asks boss to explain.

(2) See The Palm Beach Post: State details foreclosure chaos.