Head Federal Number Crunchers: Regulators Fall Short In Oversight Of Compliance By Banksters w/ Law Protecting Servicemembers From Being Screwed Over

MortgageOrb reports:

• The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report warning that regulatory oversight of compliance relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) has been "limited."
  
  "At least 15,000 instances of financial institutions failing to properly reduce servicemembers' mortgage interest rates and over 300 improper foreclosures have been identified by federal investigations and financial institutions in recent years," says the GAO.

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• The GAO notes that although the U.S. Department of Justice has explicit SCRA enforcement authority, the department has only brought three cases against mortgage servicers for SCRA violations during the past five years.
  
  The GAO also observes that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Housing Finance Agency respectively obtain SCRA compliance data, but do not share this information among themselves or with the regulatory agencies.

For more, see GAO Slams Regulators For 'Limited' SCRA Compliance Oversight.

For the GAO report (94 pages), see Mortgage Foreclosures - Regulatory Oversight of Compliance with Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Has Been Limited (or go here for the easy-to-read report highlights).