NYT-
When homeowners discovered that an account that was supposed to compensate them for foreclosure abuses lacked sufficient money to cash their checks, the consulting firm at the center of the mishap promised that the problem was fixed and that the checks were valid.
But three weeks later, that promise fell short.
This time, according to officials briefed on the matter, the consulting firm issued a raft of checks with wrong amounts. The mistake by the firm, Rust Consulting, cheated struggling homeowners out of thousands of dollars.