Suit Alleges Targeting of African Americans in Metro Atlanta

The case is brought on behalf of 18 African American plaintiffs, 17 of whom live in the Atlanta metro region and one who lives in Alabama.

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01/31/2013 The BEST help to save your home is FREE The LMSPN and the Lawyers' Committee are outraged that Foreclosure Prevention of Michigan is misappropriating our anti-fraud resources to advance their profit motives.

01/18/2013 Foreclosure crisis spawns a wave of rescue scams Carolyn Murray was in trouble. The Bowie resident and information technology worker had lost her job as a result of the recession and was beginning to fall behind on her mortgage payments.

01/11/2013 Avoiding Loan Modification Hoaxes The work of the Lawyers' Committee's Loan Modification Scam Prevention Network Project highlighted in New York Times article

12/05/2012 Long Sentence For Mortgage Fraud - Owings Mills man given 35-year sentence by Baltimore County judge Con artist Rodney Getlan did not just take people's money - his actions caused them to lose their homes. That he stole the sanctuary of a roof and four walls may have led to Getlan's getting a much longer prison term. Baltimore County Circuit Judge Vicki Ballou-Watts sentenced Getlan to 35 years in prison this week, a sentence on par with punishment for some violent crimes.

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03/04/2013 LMSPN Supports National Consumer Protection Week LOAN MODIFICATION SCAM PREVENTION NETWORK SUPPORTS NATIONAL CONSUMER PROTECTION WEEK BY REMINDING HOMEOWNERS TO BE WARY OF SCAMS WHEN SEARCHING FOR MORTGAGE RELIEF

02/20/2013 Suit Filed to Stop Alleged Loan Scam Operation Targeting African Americans in Metro Atlanta The case is brought on behalf of 18 African American plaintiffs, 17 of whom live in the Atlanta metro region and one who lives in Alabama

12/21/2012 Lawyers' Committee Files Suit on Behalf of Distressed Homeowners who Lost Thousands to Alleged Loan Modification Scam Lawyers' Committee Files Suit on Behalf of Distressed Homeowners who Lost Thousands to Alleged Loan Modification Scam

12/11/2012 IFR application deadline is DECEMBER 31, 2012 CHECK ELIGIBILITY FOR THE INDEPENDENT FORECLOSURE REVIEW

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02/14/2013 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - January 2013 For January, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

11/29/2012 Issue Brief: Minority Homeowners Disproportionately Impacted by Distressed Homeowner Fraud Lawyers' Committee's National Loan Scam Database indicates that minority homeowners are victimized at twice their homeownership rates.

01/30/2013 National Loan Modification Scam Prevention Database Report - December 2012 For December, this abbreviated version of the monthly report summarizes scam complaint related data from the national Loan Modification Scam Database.

11/29/2012 Issue Brief: Homeowners Aged 51+ Still Among the Hardest Hit by Distressed Homeowner Fraud

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