Must See Film Inside Job Opens to Widest Number of Theaters Today

Charles Ferguson’s film Inside Job is brilliant filmmaking that explains clearly and emphatically how the easiest way to rob a bank is to own one. Beautifully shot and scored, revealingly edited ,the film is a compelling, well written heist film — only this time, the pit in your stomach reminds you you’re one of those whose bank account has been cleverly siphoned [...]

Five Big Reasons To Stop Procrastinating and Just Say No to Your Debt

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Since I’m writing a book about money, friends often take me aside and ask what I recommend to deal with debt. Before this out-of-balance system made itself obvious, many of us created debts — now old debts — that we’re struggling to clear. Others of us — [...]

BofA Halts Foreclosures in ALL States; Plus Doc Fabrication Price Sheet

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The snowball keeps rolling. On Friday (again waiting until the end of the week for the big news), Bank of America halted foreclosures across all 50 states — more lenders no doubt soon to follow their action. The New York Times reports:

The plan swept states with some of the highest foreclosure levels, including California, [...]

No, Actually, It's the Whole Financial Industry That's Been Lying

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The tide is turning. The shakeup ongoing from recent court cases that have uncovered the extended fraud in the foreclosure industry has given long-battered homeowners newfound power and resolve. On Wednesday, the Home Defenders League launched in California to help homeowners keep their homes and to call on Gov. Schwarzenegger to halt foreclosures in California.

Today, [...]

Foreclosure Fraud Indicates Deep Faultline in Financial World

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I’m not the only one seeing that the major disturbances coming to light in the foreclosure world are not mere surface tremors, but indicate a deep faultline that, as it keeps opening, just may cause the entire industry to fall into the sea.

Wall Street wants us to move along, nothing to see here. Firms [...]

More Big Banks Trapped by Fast Expanding Foreclosure Fraud Discoveries

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Over the weekend, the AP reported that a Wells Fargo executive admitted back in May that he robo-signed up to 150 documents a day, yet that bank is still resisting halting foreclosures. A foreclosure case in Florida involving IndyMac/OneWest Bank was thrown out due to a robo-signer and lack of standing to foreclose. Saturday, [...]

Foreclosure Machine Seizes Up: JPMorgan and GMAC Halt Foreclosures

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Update: BofA waited until the end of the day today to announce it was also halting foreclosures in 23 states. From San Francisco Chronicle:

The move adds the nation’s largest bank to a growing list of mortgage companies whose employees signed documents in foreclosure cases without verifying the information in them.

Due to the [...]

JPMorgan Robo-Signers Unearthed in Florida Foreclosure Battle

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The foreclosure suit heard round the world … the court battle of one Florida homeowner’s foreclosure is calling into question the integrity of thousands of foreclosure notices issued by JPMorgan Chase. The latest: robo signers: document processors who sign off on 10,000 or more documents a month without actually reading them. The Huffington Post reports:

Lawyers [...]

Rep Alan Grayson Gives Heavy Details on Foreclosure Factory of Fraud

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To follow up my post yesterday, Rep. Alan Grayson (D, FL) posted a video today echoing the major impact of recent MERS [Mortgage Electronic Registration System] court rulings and suits. He explains in detail and with examples the racket that is the foreclosure industry, calling it a “factory of fraud.” The implications of the [...]

Suzanne's Audition: Heal the Money - OWN TV - Please Vote!

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It’s up! I finally finished my audition tape for Oprah’s new OWN network — I’m proposing a talk show based on my book, Heal the Money. If you would be so kind as to vote for me, I would much appreciate it. I did my best to encapsulate the essence of the book into three [...]