Mortgage Borrowers: Beware Servicing Settlement Fraud

On February 9, 2012, the federal government and 49 state attorneys general announced that they reached a $25 billion agreement

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10/15/2012 Mortgage Borrowers: Beware Servicing Settlement Fraud On February 9, 2012, the federal government and 49 state attorneys general announced that they reached a $25 billion agreement

10/11/2012 Lawyers' Committee Files Suit and Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Scammers San Diego, CA - The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers' Committee) has filed a lawsuit in Riverside County, California against a network of for-profit loan modification companies on behalf of 16 homeowners from California and five other states.

10/10/2012 Mortgage modification scam watchdog cheers federal crackdown WASHINGTON - Since early 2010, a leading civil rights group has helped compile a database of approximately 26,000 complaints about mortgage modification scams - attempts by fraudsters to take advantage of those hardest hit by the housing market meltdown.

10/02/2012 25 year prison term for foreclosure rescue scammer For Karlene Cheesman, Raymond Oesterle, Kevin Michael, and Cynthia Thorne, the 25 year prison term given Monday to Anthony J. DeMarco III for massive mortgage fraud was almost meaningless next to their losses

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09/04/2012 Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP File Sixth Lawsuit Targeting Loan Modification Scam Activity in Nassau County, New York The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers' Committee) and pro bono counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (Davis Polk) have filed their sixth lawsuit against a Nassau County, New York based for-profit loan modification company. This suit, Aviles v. Norton Law Group, LLC, was filed in New York Supreme Court in Nassau County, on behalf of 11 homeowners.

08/01/2012 The Lawyers' Committee Applauds the CFPB's Recent Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Case, its First-Ever Civil Enforcement Action WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1, 2012 - The Lawyers" Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as a leader of the Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network (the Network), applauds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for its enforcement action against the Gordon Law Firm, et al.

03/28/2012 Lawyers' Committee's Fight Against Unscrupulous Loan Modification Scammers Continues Second suit filed this month targeting loan modification scam activity in Nassau county, New York

03/14/2012 Lawyers' Committee & Davis Polk File Fourth Suit Targeting Loan Modification Scam in Nassau County The suit alleges vulnerable homeowners were defrauded out of tens of thousands of dollars while falsely promised much needed mortgage modifications.

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10/02/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - September 2012 For September, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

10/02/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - August 2012 For August, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

08/22/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - July 2012 For July, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

08/22/2012 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - June 2012 For June, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

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