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The Fed's New Foreclosure Predator Bailout

Despite escalating outrage over rampant foreclosure fraud, the Federal Reserve now appears ready to eviscerate a key mortgage regulation in an effort to spare banks the losses from their own wrongdoing. more »

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The Elephant In The Foreclosure Fraud Room: Second Liens

There’s been plenty of recent media attention to the prospect of investor lawsuits over fraudulent mortgages and mortgage securities. But investor lawsuits against mortgage servicers could be even more damaging than these other lines of legal inquiry. more »

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Foreclosuregate Fallout: How Bad Can It Get For Wall Street?

Foreclosure fraud is ruffling a lot of feathers on Wall Street, and while the full scope of losses remains unclear, even major banks are now acknowledging that this is a multi-billion-dollar disaster, not just a set of minor paperwork headaches. more »

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Banker-Run Third Way Opposes Foreclosure Moratorium On Banks

The so-called “centrists” at Third Way Foundation have come out against a national foreclosure moratorium, but like many of Third Way’s policies, there’s nothing centrist about their opposition. more »

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Too-Big-For-Paperwork: Fixing Wall Street's Foreclosure Fraud Disaster

Anybody looking for a primer explaining why the current foreclosure fraud issue is a major systemic risk for the financial system should check out Mike Konczal's new post for the Roosevelt Institute. more »

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Obama Must Reject The Foreclosure Fraud Bailout

UPDATE: President Obama vetoed the foreclosure fraud bailout this afternoon, but plenty of other battles are already raging. Rep. more »

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Organized Crime: Wall Street's Foreclosure Fraud Machine

Just when you thought Wall Street couldn't defraud the economy any further, it went ahead and did it. After pushing millions of borrowers into foreclosure with fraudulent loans, big banks are now being implicated in a massive new fraud scandal involving the foreclosure process itself. more »

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