Massive new fraud coverup: How banks are pillaging homes — while the government watches
http://www.salon.com/2014/04/23/massive_new_fraud_coverup_how_banks_are_pillaging_homes_while_the_government_watches/?source=newsletter
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Joseph and Mary Romero of Chimayo, N.M., found that their mortgage note was assigned to the Bank of New York three months after the same bank filed a foreclosure complaint against them; in other words, Bank of New York didnt own the loan when they tried to foreclose on it.
Glenn and Ann Holden of Akron, Ohio, faced foreclosure from Deutsche Bank, but the company filed two different versions of the note at court, each bearing a stamp affirming it as the true and accurate copy.
Mary McCulley of Bozeman, Mont., had her loan changed by U.S. Bank without her knowledge, from a $300,000 30-year loan to a $200,000 loan due in 18 months, and in documents submitted to the court, U.S. Bank included four separate loan applications with different terms.
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Many focus on how the failure to prosecute financial crimes, by Attorney General Eric Holder and colleagues, create a lack of deterrent for the perpetrators, who will surely sin again. But theres something else that happens when these crimes go unpunished; the root problem, the legacy of fraud, never gets fixed.
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