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California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders

California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders


California, be sure you give her your support. This is big news.

 

LA TIMES-

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation’s biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners.

Harris removed herself from talks by a coalition of state attorneys general and federal agencies investigating abusive foreclosure practices because the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers were not offering California homeowners relief commensurate to what people in the state had suffered, a person familiar with the matter said.

The big banks were also demanding to be granted overly broad immunity from legal claims that could potentially derail further investigations into Wall Street’s role in the mortgage meltdown, the person said.

The removal of California from the discussions is a major blow to fraying efforts…

[LA TIMES]

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Kamala Harris pressured to reject bank Foreclosure Fraud settlement

Kamala Harris pressured to reject bank Foreclosure Fraud settlement


UPDATE: California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders

Lets make this perfectly clear, If one’s job is to enforce the law and make sure the people are protected but choose otherwise, than you must step down and give the power to another who will make sure justice and the rule of law is carried out. Not one person should try to convince the AG not do what they are there to do AND that is to Protect ThePeople. We see what’s going on in Florida and in other states and quite frankly this is deeply disturbing.

LA TIMES-

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris is attracting increasing pressure from powerful Golden State players to reject a major settlement with U.S. banks accused of wrongful foreclosures.

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has joined a group of California union leaders, activists and politicians in calling the direction of negotiations “a deeply flawed settlement proposal with the banks at the heart of the nation’s mortgage crisis.”

Harris has emerged as a key player in pursuing the nationwide settlement with major U.S. banks accused of wrongfully foreclosing on homeowners. She has been urged to take a hard line by consumer groups seeking help for homeowners devastated by the mortgage crisis.

[LA TIMES]

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Banks to meet with state, federal officials over foreclosure fraud deal

Banks to meet with state, federal officials over foreclosure fraud deal


Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives – James Madison

 

WaPO-

State and federal officials on Friday were again to meet with representatives of the nation’s largest banks, trying to finalize a much-anticipated settlement over shoddy foreclosure practices that remains elusive a year after the abuses first garnered national attention.

People familiar with the negotiations said the session in Washington would center around how broad a release from future liability banks should receive in exchange for agreeing to overhaul their mortgage servicing practices and paying billions of dollars in penalties.

[WASHINGTON POST]

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Kentucky Attorney General Backs New York’s Schneiderman In National Foreclosure Settlement Talks

Kentucky Attorney General Backs New York’s Schneiderman In National Foreclosure Settlement Talks


HuffPO-

NEW YORK — Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has added his name to a list of state law enforcers who fear that a settlement being negotiated among government officials and big banks isn’t backed by a sufficient investigation into potential wrongdoing.

As law enforcers approach a deal with banks to settle allegations that the companies improperly foreclosed on American homeowners, the banks are pushing for a broad release from liability for actions that have not yet been fully investigated, Conway said in a Thursday email to the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, obtained by The Huffington Post.

By raising these concerns, Conway has aligned himself with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and law enforcers from other states who have questioned the adequacy of the groundwork underlying the settlement talks.

[HUFFINGTON POST]

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Minnesota AG Swanson Backs Schneiderman: No Settlement With the Banks Without Investigation

Minnesota AG Swanson Backs Schneiderman: No Settlement With the Banks Without Investigation


AG Swanson can also begin at this address:

1270 NORTHLAND DR SUITE 200
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN 55120

 

FDL-

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has released a letter that opposes giving a broad release to banks on foreclosure fraud in exchange for a quick settlement.

In the letter, Swanson writes that “the banks should not be released from liability for conduct that has not been investigated and is not appropriately remedied in any settlement.” Specifically, she refers to “liability for securities claims or conduct arising out of the securitization of mortgages or liability arising out of the use of the Mortgage Electronic Registry System (“MERS”), where those claims have not been investigated or fairly addressed through the settlement.” She adds that bank officers should not be released from criminal liability in a civil settlement.

Swanson lines up with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, then, in saying

[FDL]

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Nevada AG Masto opposes provision of settlement with big banks

Nevada AG Masto opposes provision of settlement with big banks


If your AG isn’t opposing the Foreclosure Fraud settlement, there’s obviously something seriously wrong.

LVRJ-

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto on Monday expressed concern over a possible settlement with some of the country’s top mortgage servicers.

Masto told the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s editorial board that she wouldn’t sign any settlement that would grant the banks broad relief from continuing mortgage investigations, especially if it could affect the state’s own civil and criminal investigations.

[LVRJ]

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FISETTE v. KELLER | 8th Circuit BAP Okays ‘Chapter 20’ Lien Stripping on Unsecured Homestead 2nd Mortgage

FISETTE v. KELLER | 8th Circuit BAP Okays ‘Chapter 20’ Lien Stripping on Unsecured Homestead 2nd Mortgage


Via: Max Gardner’s Bankruptcy Boot Camp-

This is an important ruling for bankruptcy attorneys and their clients in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, some of whom have been unable to lien strip as local judges waited for authority from above.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-6012

In re:
Michael James Fisette,
Debtor.

Michael James Fisette,
Debtor – Appellant,

v.

Jasmine Z. Keller,
Trustee – Appellee.

EXCERPT:

ISSUES

The issue on appeal is whether the bankruptcy court may confirm the debtor’s
plan which provides for the avoidance of two junior liens on the Debtor’s principal
residence. In particular, we consider whether: (1) 11 U.S.C. § 1322(b)(2) prevents a
debtor from modifying the rights of junior lienholders of liens on his principal
residence if the value of the residence is less than the amount owed to the senior
lienholder; and (2) if not, whether such modification is contingent upon the debtor’s
receipt of a Chapter 13 discharge.

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2010 Amendments to UCC Article 9 Enacted in Seven States

2010 Amendments to UCC Article 9 Enacted in Seven States


Uniform Law Commission
111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL  60602
312-450-6600, www.uniformlaws.org

Contact:
Michael Kerr, ULC Legislative Director, michael.kerr@uniformlaws.org
Katie Robinson, ULC Communications Officer, katie.robinson@uniformlaws.org

For Immediate Release:

Seven states have enacted the 2010 Amendments to Article 9 of the UCC

June 15, 2011 – Seven states – Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Texas, and Washington – are the first states to adopt important amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 9.  The 2010 Amendments are designed to go into effect simultaneously on July 1, 2013; many more states are expected to enact the amendments next year.

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Steele County, MN rejected “Bogus Assignee for Intervening ASMTS” in 2008

Steele County, MN rejected “Bogus Assignee for Intervening ASMTS” in 2008


“Steele County reported receiving an assignment of mortgage for recording where the grantee was listed as “Bogus Assignee for Intervening ASMTS”. It was rejected.”

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ATTORNEY GENERAL LORI SWANSON CHARGES ONE OF NATION’S LARGEST “DEBT BUYERS” WITH DEFRAUDING MINNESOTA COURTS AND CITIZENS BY FILING “ROBO-SIGNED” AFFIDAVITS

ATTORNEY GENERAL LORI SWANSON CHARGES ONE OF NATION’S LARGEST “DEBT BUYERS” WITH DEFRAUDING MINNESOTA COURTS AND CITIZENS BY FILING “ROBO-SIGNED” AFFIDAVITS


Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today in a legal filing accused one of the nation’s largest “debt buyers” of defrauding Minnesota courts and citizens by filing false and deceptive “robo-signed” affidavits—generated at its offices in St. Cloud, Minnesota—to collect on old consumer debts that it purchased from credit card companies and others for about three cents on the dollar.

The debt buyer—Midland Funding, LLC and its administrative arm, Midland Credit Management, Inc. (collectively Midland)—has purchased $54.7 billion in old consumer debt from credit card companies and other companies. In 2009, it filed 245,000 lawsuits against individual citizens nationwide, and it has filed over 15,000 lawsuits against citizens in Minnesota courts since 2008. Midland pays for its debt acquisitions with hundreds of millions in financing from some of the nation’s largest banks, including several that sell old debt to it.

“The company put its thumb on the scale of justice to unfairly tilt the collection process in its favor,” said Attorney General Swanson.

The Attorney General said that debt buyers cast a wide net to find people who may owe old bills and often pursue the wrong person altogether or pursue people who paid the bills long ago. In some cases, debt buyers pursue people solely because they have the same or similar name or address as the real debtor. The Attorney General said that Midland has created false and unreliable mass-produced, “robo-signed” affidavits as supposed “proof” of consumer debts in lawsuits against individual citizens in order to obtain judgments against or extract payments from mostly unrepresented citizens, some of whom had no knowledge of any alleged debt.

Source: http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/PressRelease/110328DebtBuyers.asp

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Sen. Franken Can Begin Looking Into Robo-Signing In Minnesota

Sen. Franken Can Begin Looking Into Robo-Signing In Minnesota


Sen. Franken, please allow this site to make it very simple for you and address your concerns of the very problematic ‘robo-signing’ issues that you find troubling. There is an address in your neck of the woods that you should be made aware of 1270 Northland Dr Ste 200 Mendota Heights, MN 55120 (link)… Then stop over to learn all about this default servicing ‘robo-signing’ company here LPS (link). In a most recent case coming from New Jersey names Laura Hescott an employee of LPS (link) the person who executed the assignment of mortgage. The Judge states the following “The bona fides of the practices of this service provider have been the subject of increased judicial scrutiny. See, e.g., In re Taylor, 407 B.R. 618, 623 (Bankr. E.D. Pa. 2009).”(link).

Franken urges reform on foreclosure ‘robo-signing’

By Andy Birkey | 02.02.11 | 4:00 pm

Sen. Al Franken participated in a U.S. Senate hearing on Tuesday regarding the foreclosure process and ways that the federal government could help Americans keep their homes while also preventing investors from losing their investments. Franken said that one of the biggest problems fueling the foreclosure crisis is “robo-signing,” a tactic used by lenders to speed up the foreclosure process.

“Many problems have come to light since the beginning of the foreclosure crisis,” Franken told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Most recently, we have seen mortgage servicers fraudulently signing affidavits to execute foreclosures, when they have zero personal knowledge of the individual borrower’s situation. This problem, known as robo-signing, is particularly troubling to me.”

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Why Do Banks, MERS Use Lender Processing Services’s Minnesota Address?

Why Do Banks, MERS Use Lender Processing Services’s Minnesota Address?


1270 Northland Dr
Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Found another interesting affidavit/ foreclosure deed in Massachusetts Land Records. Some might recall back on June/2010 SFF made a post on this address here.

What all information is in these walls? Maybe ya’ll can fill in the missing pieces. 🙂

MERS 1270

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Full Deposition of Residential Funding/GMAC JUDY FABER: US BANK v. Cook

Full Deposition of Residential Funding/GMAC JUDY FABER: US BANK v. Cook


Make sure you read this carefully…This is a transcript of an employee of Residential Funding Company who is in charge of record keeping of original documents. Don’t miss the full deposition down below.

Follow the assets, don’t get lost in the trail…

17 Q. Now, when you said you’re the Director of
18 Records Management for the Minnesota office?

19 A. Uh-huh.

20 Q. Are there other offices of Residential
21 Funding that maintain records that you are
22 not responsible for?

23 A. There are records services sites in Iowa and
24 in Pennsylvania. Those deal mostly with the
25 GMAC mortgage assets.

<snip>

11 Q. And what, if anything, is your responsibility
12 with regard to those records?

13 A. To track the physical paper for those
14 assets — or that asset.

15 Q. Are you what you consider to be the keeper of
16 the records for those documents?

17 A. Sure, yep.

5 Q. Okay. And then when somebody wants to view
6 specific records from your system, is that
7 something that you’re responsible for
8 obtaining as part of your day-to-day
9 responsibilities?

10 A. The people that report to me, yes, or the
11 vendor that — that we have retained to do
12 those functions, yes. I don’t do that
13 myself.

14 Q. Who’s the vendor that you retain to do that?

15 A. A company called ACS.

16 Q. ACS?

17 A. Yep.

18 Q. And what does ACS do with regard to the
19 records?

20 A. They fulfill the request. So if somebody
21 needs a credit folder or a legal folder, they
22 research where those documents are, obtain
23 the documents and then provide that requestor
24 with either the paper documents or images.

<snip>

21 Q. There’s a file folder that shows it came from
22 the outside vendor?

23 A. Yes. Their sticker is affixed to the front
24 of the folder, so I know it came from them.

25 Q. Okay. And then is there anything on the
1 documents themselves that show where they
2 came from?

3 A. No.

4 Q. And by the outside vendor, do you mean ACS?

5 A. No. Actually, the vendor that stores the
6 actual folder is Iron Mountain.

7 Q. So there’s a sticker on that file that shows
8 it came from Iron Mountain?

9 A. Correct, yes.

10 Q. Does Iron Mountain maintain your system or do
11 they just maintain hard copies of documents?

12 A. They maintain the hard copies of the
13 documents.

14 Q. Not any records on your computer system,
15 correct?

16 A. No.

17 Q. Is that correct?

18 A. Correct.

<snip>

18 Q. What’s the relationship between Residential
19 Funding Company, LLC and U.S. Bank National
20 Association?

21 A. In — in this instance, U.S. Bank is the
22 trustee on the security that this loan is in.
23 And RFC was the issuer of the security that
24 was created.

25 Q. Who was the issuer of the security?

1 A. RFC was the issuer of the security.

2 Q. Oh, RFC is what you call Residential Funding
3 Company?

4 A. Yes.

5 Q. So RFC issued the security?

6 A. Right.

7 Q. Can you explain to me what that means?

8 A. No, I can’t.

9 Q. Okay. How do you know RFC issued the
10 security?

11 A. It’s the normal course of business as to how
12 our — our business works. RFC is in the
13 business of acquiring assets and putting them
14 together into securities to sell in the — in
15 the market.

16 MR. SHAW: I would like to
17 register a general objection to this line of
18 questioning. There’s not been a foundation
19 laid for Judy Faber being competent to reach
20 some of these conclusions that are being
21 stated on the record.

22 BY MR. HOLLANDER:
23 Q. So in this particular instance, do you have
24 any personal knowledge of the relationship
25 between RFC and U.S. Bank National
1 Association as trustee?

2 A. No.

3 Q. For whom is U.S. Bank National Association
4 acting as the trustee?

5 A. I believe it would be for the investors of
6 the — that have bought the securities.

7 Q. I’m sorry. Something happened with the phone
8 and I didn’t hear your answer. I’m sorry.

9 A. I believe it would be for the different
10 investors who have bought pieces of that
11 security that was issued.

12 Q. Are there different investors that have
13 purchased the Peter Cook note?

14 A. I don’t think I’m qualified to answer that.
15 You know, I can tell you from what my basic
16 understanding is from the process, but I’m
17 not an expert.

18 MR. SHAW: Once again, I’d like to
19 raise a continuing general objection that she
20 being — testifying with respect to what her
21 job is, and I believe you’re getting into
22 areas that is other than what her job is and
23 you’re asking for possibly even legal
24 conclusions here. So I would like to raise
25 that objection again.

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SENATOR AL FRANKEN TO DOJ, TREASURY, WARREN… INVESTIGATE FORECLOSURE FRAUD

SENATOR AL FRANKEN TO DOJ, TREASURY, WARREN… INVESTIGATE FORECLOSURE FRAUD


“Unfortunately, concerns have been raised that Ally’s practices are not an anomaly in this industry, and that these bad practices are used by numerous other companies as well,”

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