Tag Archives: Fraud

A Former Chase Banker Spews His Unethical Guts

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The banner NY Times headline was compelling, A Banker Speaks, With Regret By Published: November 30, 2011    The NY Times begins:

“If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker like James Theckston. He fully acknowledges that he and other bankers are mostly responsible for the country’s housing mess. As a regional vice president for Chase Home Finance in southern Florida, Theckston shoveled money at home borrowers. In 2007, his team wrote $2 billion in mortgages, he says. Sometimes those were “no documentation” mortgages.

“On the application, you don’t put down a job; you…  Continue reading →

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

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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…”

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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

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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.

This unusual rationale is presented by the bank Continue reading →

REO Buyer Beware: Who Owns Your Home?

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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 →

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

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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 →

Credit Default Swaps: The Insane Problem and the Radical but Sane Solution

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With nearly 4 solid years of foreclosure injustice spewing from the courts and millions of homeowners continuously getting skunked, it has become a necessity to figure some way to explain to even the brightest (judge) on the bench the answer to, “[D]id you pay?” 

It doesn’t matter what state (although some are a lot worse than others) or what faction of the judiciary, state, federal, bankruptcy, appellate – the question they always ask, “[D]id you pay?”  We’ve all heard the standard answers:

  • “I don’t know who to pay…”
  • “I owe someone, but it’s not these guys…”
  • “I lost my job, but I can pay now and they won’t take my money…”
  • “All I need is a little reduction in my monthly payment…”

The list goes on – but the real answer if there is a trust involved might be, “Well, your honor, I don’t think I’m in default.” And of course the judge is going to say, “why is that – did you pay?” And the likely response might be, “your honor, there’s these things called Credit Default Swaps and my note is Continue reading →

Joe Biden “Gets It” – “God-awful Ponzi schemes” that Wall Street engaged in

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Biden: Because of Bush Administration and Wall Street ‘People Died’ and ‘Homes Burned’

October 19, 2011

(CNSNews.com) – Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that “people died” and “people’s homes burned to the ground,” because the Bush administration allowed “God-awful Ponzi schemes” on Wall Street.

Speaking at a rally to promote a piecemeal provision of President Obama’s jobs proposal, Biden told police and firefighters that the budget shortfalls of state and local governments were not attributable to state and local governments.

“Those of you know it’s not really the fault of your mayor or your government,” the vice Continue reading →

How & Why the Big Banks’ Lobbyists Killed Foreclosure Mitigation

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BIG BANKS OWN CALIFORNIA TOO
By Lee Fang, October 8, 2011

As the 99 Percent Movement takes shape across the country, citizens are demanding that Congress represent the public interest instead of the whims of bankers and big corporations. For instance, after demanding and receiving massive bailouts, Wall Street banks successfully lobbied Congress to crush any serious effort to mitigate the foreclosure crisis. The spectacular bank lobbying coup in Washington prompted Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to remark that the banks “frankly, own the place.” [read more on NationofChange.org].

And the answer to the $10 million question…. Whose fault is that, Dick? Tic toc, tic toc…. Continue reading →

The New Adventures of Super-Schneiderman – Bad, Bad BNYM!

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Attorney General Eric Super-Scheiderman (my hero) is at it again taking on Bank of New York Mellon in yet another stunning lawsuit.  Wake up New York cops! Read what Wall Street has done to you!  Join the protesters on OccupyWallStreet because they are fighting for you, and for America!

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK on behalf of The New York City Employees’ Retirement System, the Teachers’ Retirement System of the City of New Continue reading →