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Where Florida homeowners fight back against foreclosure rescue scams
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Two more loan modification shops are under fire from Florida’s Attorney General Bill McCollum:
The lawsuits were filed against south Florida’s Keep Your Property Inc. and Jacksonville-based National Foreclosure Counseling Services Corp. The attorney general’s office alleges that both companies charged up-front fees to customers facing foreclosure. This is against the law in Florida.
McCollum has said [...]
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Foreclosure rescue scammers now have a new front to worry about: a coordinated operation by state and federal officials to shut down those who prey on foreclosure victims.
“The message is very simple: If you prey on vulnerable homeowners with fraudulent mortgage schemes, we’ll find you and we will punish you,” [U.S. Attorney General Eric] [...]
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The St. Pete Times reports on April Charney coming to town again:
At the start of class, April Charney makes one thing clear.
“This is very dense, complicated work,” she warns. “If you don’t get it, raise your hand and ask questions because the chances are others don’t get it either.”
[She's speaking to] lawyers and judges [...]
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Why CNN is Wrong About Foreclosure Rescue Scams
If you’re afraid – and you should be afraid – of getting ripped off by foreclosure rescue scams, you might think that CNN’s advice on how to spot foreclosure prevention rip-offs would be a good place to look. Sadly, you’d be wrong. Here’s why.
Their advice [...]
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“State of emergency” were the words chosen by Attorney General Bill McCollum this week, when he announced that he was asking law enforcement officials from state and local agencies to step up enforcement efforts.
Mortgage fraud, and in particular, foreclosure rescue fraud, were the number one complaint to McCollum’s office in 2008.
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This is NOT a government agency.
One of my clients today got a mailing from a group called the “Federal Mortgage Modification Administration.” They have a government-sounding name, a government-seal-looking logo, and a Washington, D.C. address. They purport to offer loan modification services, and it’s clear they are trying to look like [...]
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“We are asking the Court to shut them down.”
Another loan-modification shop, this time in conjunction with a law firm, has apparently run afoul of the law. Florida’s Attorney General, Bill McCollum, has sued Florida Foreclosure Law Center LLC and Lincoln Lending Services and said at a press conference:
We are asking the court to shut [...]
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Since the passage of Florida’s Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Act, § 501.1377, many operations have been trying to get around the new law by teaming up with attorneys to offer services, in hopes that the attorney’s exemption would shield them from liability.
The Florida Bar has called foul. In a just-released Ethics Opinion, the Bar has [...]
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Countrywide and Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum have reached a settlement of the wide-ranging fraud claims filed by the state earlier this year. The details remain to be worked out, but here are several key features to the settlement that could benefit more than 50,000 Florida homeowners with a Countrywide loan.
Cash payments
Floridians who [...]
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MSNBC reports on just how bad the foreclosure fraud problem has become:
Rich Hagar is a former home appraiser based in Seattle who now runs seminars for law enforcement officials and real estate professionals on detecting fraud. He describes the mortgage fraud problem as “monstrous,” noting that bank “Suspicious Activity Reports” for mortgage fraud have [...]
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