Bye Felicia! Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan abruptly steps down

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Wells Fargo announced Thursday that the embattled Sloan is relinquishing his post as CEO and president of the megabank and stepping down immediately.

According to the bank, Sloan is retiring as CEO, president, and board member on June 30, 2019, but his retirement is taking immediate effect.

The bank said that C. Allen Parker, who currently serves as the bank’s general counsel, will now take over as interim CEO, president, and member of the board.

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Common Sense Prevails: SCOTUS Broadens Primary Liability for Fraudulent Schemes

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“BUT you still need to prove intent to lie along with the other elements of fraud. A lie is not actionable if the recipient knew it was untrue or should have known or did not rely upon it. If the lie is not material then it is presumed to belie upon which nobody relied.”

The intent is found in the USPTO patents and algorithms. Dissect the reasoning for patents. NEW ideas/inventions. Traditional mortgages are not new. Securitization / rehypothecation with intended foreclosure scheme gave the banks grounds for patented procedures.

Fraud detection was built into underwriting software, which allowed the program to obtain patent. It was intentionally relaxed.

Avoiding Mortgages: What Happens When A Stranger to The Transaction Files a Discharge in Error?

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Kelley v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (In re Bowers), 595 B.R. 869 (Bankr. M.D. Ga. 2018) –

A chapter 7 trustee sought to avoid a security deed based on the fact that as of the petition date satisfactions of the security deed had been recorded. The secured party contended that its security interest was still enforceable because the satisfactions had been recorded in error, and alternatively asked for equitable recognition of its interest by subrogation or reinstatement.

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Why Homeowners Should Win Foreclosures: It’s the Moral Thing to Do.

“They should fail because all of them have received a benefit and some of them have received a windfall derived from trading on the borrower’s signature on the note and mortgage in an amount far exceeding the principal amount loaned.”

The reason why thousands of cases have been confidentially settled with satisfactions of mortgages, payment of attorney’s fees and damages is that the banks are willing to pay anything necessary to preserve the tree (certificates) and the branches (derivatives) and the leaves (minibonds and contracts like credit default swaps). The risk to the investment bank…

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If you think foreclosures are a thing of the past, think again

In order to maintain the illusion of legality and an orderly marketplace the banks and their servicers must continue to push foreclosures even if it means going after people who are not actually withholding payments. The legacy of the mortgage meltdown and the brainless government policies that let the banks get away with what they…

”The courts don’t want to hear about esoteric arguments about the securitization process.” How can the judges or any lawmaker refuse to discuss securitization? It happens to be at the core of the [mortgage] transaction, established and in place before the faux mortgage and note documents were even drafted.

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Hawaii Legislature and Consumer Protection Dept. Recognize Mortgage Fraud – But Defer Action This Year

By Sydney Sullivan

Homeowners in Hawaii are still victims of the mortgage fraud that originated at the turn of the century. Hawaii led the CHARGE changing some of the foreclosure statutes that were relatively unjust toward homeowners and in conflict with due process issues.

Even with those changes the foreclosure process, fraud on the courts, fraudulently concealed parties, forged documents, and troubling securitization/rehypothecation process still plague state records and the courts. Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard championed a Resolution “Requesting the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to convene a MORTGAGE foreclosure fraud task force to develop recommendations to improve mortgage fraud protections for consumers.” Interest by many gave an opportunity for testimony and gained a hearing last Monday. SRC 181. Continue reading