Saturday, December 15, 2012

Alabama AG To City Water Authority: Cough Up Refunds For Improperly Clipped Cash From Buyers Of Foreclosed Homes To Pay Off Ex-Owners' Unpaid H2O Bills

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In Fayetteville, Alabama,  The Daily Home  reports: The Fayetteville Water Authority has been refunding residents for unlawful charges th...

Heat/Hot Water-Lacking Renter Sues Foreclosing Bankster For Failure To Provide Essential Landlord-Associated Services

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In Chicago, Illinois,  WBBM-TV Channel 2  reports: Remember the winter of 2010-11, and the Groundhog Day blizzard that dumped more than 2...

Financially Strapped Homeowner Admits To Hatching Plot To Abduct Attorney, Hold Him For Ransom To Score At Least $30K To Save Home From Foreclosure

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In East St. Louis, Illinois, the  St. Louis Post-Dispatch  reports: A man trying to avoid foreclosure on his home acknowledged in federal...
Friday, December 14, 2012

Phoenix Renter Out $500 After Stumbling Into 'House Sitting' Scam That Purportedly Offers Cheap, Short Term Rentals Of Vacant Homes In Foreclosure

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In Phoenix, Arizona,  KTVK-TV Channel 3  reports: A Phoenix woman said she thought she was getting a great deal on a rental home, but the...

Bay State AG Tags Contractor In Civil Suit For Allegedly Using Bogus Promises To Rip Off Elderly Homeowners & Violating Earlier Entered Judgment, Permanent Injunction

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From the  Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General : The Commonwealth has filed a lawsuit against a contractor from Hanover, alleging...

Homebuyers At Tax Foreclosure Sale Sue City Over Plans To Give Their Recently-Purchased Dilapidated Homes The Wrecking Ball Treatment; Say Some Properties Weren't Listed On Pre-Sale Demo List

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In Jackson, Michigan,  MLive  reports: A group of residents has decided to fight Jackson City Hall. The group filed a lawsuit against the...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Clock Begins To Tick On 300+ Seniors Who Face Decision To Either Voluntarily Abandon Their Homes Or Get The Boot As Mortgage Holder Refuses To Modify Loan Secured By Land Underlying Mobile Home Park

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In Martin County, Florida,  The Palm Beach Post  reports: Betty Johnson, 73, has lived in Ocean Breeze Park in Martin County for many dec...

Lawsuit: Attempting To Sell Home To Pocket Equity, Elderly Couple Facing Foreclosure Takes Property Off Market After Getting Bankster's Loan Mod Promise; Latter Then Takes Title Thru Foreclosure Anyway

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In Delano, Minnesota,  Minnesota Public Radio  reports: John Chun has lived the American dream. After escaping from North Korea to South ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Loan Servicer Refuses To Accept House Payments From Elderly Widow Because She's Not Named In Deceased Hubby's Mortgage, Leaving Her Facing Foreclosure

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In Jacksonville, Florida,  The New York Times  reports: Geraldine Bates lost her husband to kidney failure last year. Now, she has fallen...

Bank Bookkeeping Screw-Up Leaves 79-Year Old Widow With $12K Legal Bill & In Foreclosure, Despite Never Having Missed House Payments

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In Tualatin, Oregon,  ABC News  reports: A woman in Tualatin, Ore., says she's at the end of her rope fighting a three-year battle wi...

Servicer Agrees To Accept $13K From State-Run, Federally-Funded Program To Cover Homeowner's Late House Payments, Then Proceeds With Foreclosure Sale Anyway

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In Mableton, Georgia,  The Atlanta Journal Constitution  reports: Andu Trisa Long thought her home had been saved. Unemployed for nearly ...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

L.A. Man's Identity Hijacked, Used In Foreclosure Rescue Bankruptcy Scam; Petition Filed Under His Name & Used To Dump Eight Homes In Foreclosure On Opened Case

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In Los Angeles, California,  KPCC Radio 89.3 FM  reports: Software systems engineer Ajamu Azibo seems to have it all. He's young and ...

CPA Gets 12 Months For Writing Fraudulent Letters To Dupe Banks Into Funding Equity Stripping Sale Leaseback Ripoffs

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From the  U.S. Department of Justice  (Washington, D.C.): Barrington Coombs, 58, of Weston, Fla., was sentenced [] to serve a year and a ...

Single Mother Of Two Unwittingly Moves In, Pays $8K Deposit For Home In Foreclosure; Now Faces Boot; Slick Operator Who Pocketed Cash Dodges Media Camera, Denies All Accusations

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In Kansas City, Missouri,  WDAF-TV Channel 4  reports: A young mom thought she was buying her dream home. But a few days after moving in,...

Financially Strapped Homeowner: Wells Fargo Wiped Out My $250K Home Equity By Losing My Loan Modification Docs Over & Over, Then Forcing Foreclosure Sale

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In San Francisco, California, the  San Francisco Chronicle  reports: Larry Faulks says his bank robbed him of over a quarter of a million...
Monday, December 10, 2012

NYS Regulator Orders Loan Servicer To Hire Watchdog To Ensure Compliance With Its Mortgage Servicing Reform Promises

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From the  Office of the New York State Department of Financial Services : Superintendent Benjamin M. Lawsky [] announced that the Departm...

Retired Maine Attorney Scores $100K Award In Recognition Of Foreclosure Defense Volunteer Work

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In Portland, Maine, the  Morning Sentinel  reports: In April 2008, Thomas Cox joined the Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project to fight against...

California Appeals Court: Non-Judicial Foreclosure OK When No Trustee Named On Deed Of Trust, Provided One Is Named Prior To Initiation Of Process

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From a client release from the law firm  Seyfarth Shaw LLC : Deciding an issue of first impression in California, the Second District Cou...

Foreclosure Rescue Peddler Gets 35 Years For Forging Loan Modification Approvals, Then Structuring Mailing Scheme To Hijack Subsequent Payments On Phony Mortgage Workout Deals

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In Baltimore, Maryland,  The Baltimore Sun  reports: Con artist Rodney Getlan did not just take people's money — his actions caused t...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

Duo Who Ripped Off $600K In Home Equity From Victims Of Foreclosure Rescue Ruse Get Five Years For Theft By Deception; Pair Remain Sociopathically Uncertain About What They Did Wrong, Despite Fleeing When Arrest Warrants Issued

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In Mercer County, New Jersey,  The Trentonian  reports: A Ewing couple was sentenced to five years in prison, for exploiting and deceivin...

Massachusetts AG Suit Alleging That Bankster Foreclosure Process Commenced Without First Holding Mortgage Violates State Consumer Protection Law Allowed To Move Forward

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In Boston, Massachusetts,  Bloomberg  reports: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup Inc. (C), and Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) must f...

Freddie, Fannie Call Off Xmas-Season Foreclosure Eviction Lockouts

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Freddie M ac  recently announced: Freddie Mac [] announced it is suspending evictions nationwide between December 17, 2012 and January 2,...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Deceased Homeowner's Frustrated Son On Experience With Notorious Mortgage Servicer: "Everyone At Bank Of America ... Has Jammed Their Head Up Their Asses & There’s No Hope Of Getting It Free!"

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From a recent post on  The Consumerist : Picking up the pieces of a late loved one’s life is something no one looks forward to. Many busi...

Animal Control Officer Gunned Down, Locksmith Wounded During Home Eviction Follow-up Visit; Swat Team, Tear Gas Needed To Bag Barricaded Foreclosed Ex-Owner After 17-Hour Standoff

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In Galt, California,  KXTV Channel 10  reports: A standoff between a suspected gunman and SWAT officers came to a conclusion Thursday mor...

Financially Strapped Homeowner Accused Of Torching Home In Foreclosure Scores Acquittal

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In York, South Carolina,  The Herald  reports: Carrying a wash basin of court and bank documents, a Rock Hill woman accused of setting he...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Oregon Regulator Issues Caution On Doing Business With Payday Lenders & Other Short Term Loan Sharks Affiliated With Federally-Recognized Indian Tribes

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From the  State of Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities : It has come to our attention that a number of lenders offering s...

Twinkie The Pig May Dodge Xmas Boot; City: With Proper Docs, Family May Be Entitled To 'Fair Housing' "Reasonable Accommodation" Granting 'Residency Status' To Miniature Porker As Emotional Support Animal For Down Syndrome Son

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In Coral Springs, Florida, the  South Florida Sun Sentinel  reports: Twinkie the pig  might get to stay after all. Although it's agai...

Another Tenant, Kids Get Pre-Xmas Boot After Unwittingly Renting House From Vacant Home Hijackers; Cops Bag Duo, Say They Have Ten Cases Against Pair

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In Plantation, Florida,  WPLG-TV Channel 10  reports: When Marcella Scott rented a home in Plantation she'd already pictured her holi...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

Homeowner, Attorney Who Showed Up At Bank Branch With Cops, Court Order & Repo Van To Foreclose On BofA Look To Make Incident Into Hollywood Movie

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In Naples, Florida, the  Naples Daily News  reports: Some friends questioned whether it was a good idea to show up at a Bank of America b...

Ex-Law Firm Employees Plead Guilty To Ripping Off $788K+ From Clients' Real Estate Trust Account Funds, Company's Business Accounts

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From the  Office of the U.S. Attorney  (Trenton, New Jersey): Two former employees of a law firm based in Edison, N.J., admitted [] to co...

Real Estate Broker Pinched For Allegedly Ripping Off Clients Of $600K+; Two Victims: He Pushed Us Into Foreclosure Over Unkept Promise To Make Our House Payments From Investment Proceeds

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In Harbor City, California,  KTLA-TV Channel 5  reports: A real estate broker has been charged with three counts of grand theft in connec...

Employee Blows Whistle On Aussie Bankster's Alleged Effort To Squeeze Slow-Paying Borrowers With Foreclosure Threats

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From the land  Down Under ,  The Australian  reports: ANZ has denied illegally harassing customers who are late on their mortgage payment...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Michigan Judge To Cough Up $6K+ In Back Taxes, Penalties Over Improper Homestead Claim; Joins Her State High Court Justice-Mom With Real Estate Controversies

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In Wayne County, Michigan, the  Observer & Eccentric  reports: Before Dana Hathaway takes the bench on the Wayne County Circuit Court...

Underwater Homeowner Slams 11th-Hour Brakes On Bank-Approved Short Sale After Discovering That HOA Was Snatching Lender-Promised $13K 'Walking Money'

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In Jupiter, Florida,  WPTV-TV Channel 5  reports: Lynne Zurback is getting ready for Christmas. Today she's hand-painting a nativity ...

Texas Law Firm Agrees To Stop Trying To Clip West Virginia Residents Eligible For Nat'l Foreclosure Fraud Settlement Cash For Fees To Submit Simple One-Page Claims Form

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From the  Office of the West Virginia Attorney General : Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced [] that Murray LLP, a Texas law firm, ...

Crackpots Peddling Sovereign Citizen Scams To Purportedly Halt Foreclosure, Wipe Out Mortgages, Liens, Car Loans Continue Making The Rounds

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In Anaheim, California,  The Orange County Register  reports: Faced with foreclosure after falling $19,000 behind on his mortgage, an Ana...