“Crappy settlements” have become a cheap payoff system not serving the public interest.

It will only continue to get worse. What will it take for our politicians and government to understand that the securities fraud committed by Wall Street and their associates have created joblessness, homelessness, foreclosure and eviction that has affected families across the country? How can we continue to ignore the enormous wrongs?

Judge Rakoff was right when he told the Securities and Exchange Commission that their deal with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. was not transparent enough and stated,
“[T]he Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear, however, that a court cannot grant the extraordinary remedy of injunctive relief without considering the public interest.”

The public interest has been sorely damaged by the fraud committed by the Wall Street Continue reading

Coming Home to Roost – Congressional Oversight Panel, “Banks cannot prove they own the loans…”

In the recent filing November 9, 2011 of an Ohio case, Deutsche v. Holden, in the Court of Common Pleas in Summit County, (Akron) Ohio, defense attorneys submit that the note had not been transferred pursuant to the PSA therefore the foreclosing entity (Deutsche) did not own the note and mortgage.

Holden‘s Motion to dismiss cites the November 16, 2010 Congressional Oversight Panel’s (COP) report titled “Examining the Consequences of Mortgage Irregularities for Financial Stability and Foreclosure Mitigation” as well as the PSA and New York trust law.

Senator Ted Kaufman warned that the COP investigation found evidence that he stated as the worse case scenario, “considerably grimmer” where “robo-signers served to conceal the fact the banks cannot prove that they own the mortgage loans that Continue reading

The IndyMac Whodunit Blame Game – former CEO blogs his rationalization

Financial Finger-Pointing Turns to Regulators 
By  and Published: November 22, 2011

Putting the spotlight on former IndyMac CEO, Micheal Perry, who recently set-up a self-serving blog to try and achieve a sympathetic audience for the justification of the demise of his company and the charges brought by the SEC. The NY Times writes:

“In the whodunit of the financial crisis, Wall Street executives have pointed the blame at all kinds of parties — consumers who lied on their mortgage applications, investors who demanded access to risky mortgage bonds, and policy makers who kept interest rates low and failed to predict a housing market collapse.

But a new defense has been mounted by a bank executive: my regulator told me to do it.

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REO Buyer Beware: Who Owns Your Home?

BRAVO! Landmark Media Enterprises LLC’s KLAS-TV 8 News NOW in Las Vegas, NV aired a compelling and informative BUYER BEWARE news story this week exposing the massive REO bank fraud found throughout Nevada, including the home of the very news anchor reporting the story. “If the house you bought was ever in foreclosure there’s a strong chance you have a problem,” said anchor George Knapp.

For the complete video news story click here.
The foreclosure crisis has several causes, but government investigators now believe that  Continue reading

Governor Abercrombie – “Do Not Let the AG Sign The Multi State Bank Settlement”

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION HERE

To be delivered to: The Hawaii State House, The Hawaii State Senate and Governor Neil Abercrombie

The public deserves to know the whole truth about the banking Ponzi scheme that is taking us to the brink of a World Wide Great Depression.

Aloha AG of Hawaii –

We need a more comprehensive investigation before the financial institutions at the heart of the crisis are granted broad releases from liability… PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION HERE

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STOP Justice Department officials – Sign Resolution Against Wall Street Immunity

Top Justice Department officials are pushing hard to bring the Wall Street immunity deal back from the dead. Can you sign on as a citizen signer of Baldwin’s resolution against Wall Street immunity? Click here to sign.

Fortunately, Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) leaped into action with a congressional resolution opposing Wall Street immunity.

Within days, 27 of her colleagues signed on — and the more co-sponsors we get, the more pressure the Justice Department will feel to back off.

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“The REMICs have failed! “The REMICs have failed!”

If Paul Revere were alive today he would be riding through the town warning “The REMICs have failed!” However, the government these days would go, “Shhhhhh!”

Most average homeowners have no idea what a REMIC is – actually most attorneys have no clue …. so, you know many of the Judges are completely in the dark.  REMICs are a form of IRS tax shelter sold to investors as part of the mortgage-backed securities package (Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (“REMIC”) pursuant to I.R.C. §§860A-G).

The documents that killed the REMICs may actually help save your home. Continue reading