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Banks to Pay $22 Mil for Military Foreclosure Errors
international business times ^

Posted on 05/28/2011 9:34:27 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB

Bank of America and Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay more than $22 million combined to settle federal civil charges on improperly foreclosing on military personnel, The Associated Press reports.

The latest home or commercial real estate news Sample Between 2006 and 2009, the mortgage lenders foreclosed on 178 military members in 22 states without getting court approval. The military members affected will each receive $125,562, on average. The banks will also continue to investigate whether improper foreclosures occurred in 2009 through 2010.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banks; banksters; boa; chase; errors; foreclosure; foreclosures; jpmorganchase; military; morganstanley

1 posted on 05/28/2011 9:34:32 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

those banks ought to be ashamed...


2 posted on 05/28/2011 9:42:25 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Damn, how’d it happen that the actual troopers damaged will receive the dough? Don’t the lawyers and the Treasury almost always shortstop those damage awards??

Wait till Obozo finds out. He’ll be soooo pissed.


3 posted on 05/28/2011 9:46:04 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (2012 CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH FOR ME. HOW ABOUT YOU?)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Free house AND $125,000 — where do I sign up?


4 posted on 05/28/2011 9:47:50 AM PDT by Jim 726
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To: Jim 726

Bank of America


5 posted on 05/28/2011 9:53:15 AM PDT by Marak (I don't deal with reality.)
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To: Jim 726
Free house AND $125,000 — where do I sign up?


6 posted on 05/28/2011 10:45:03 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Socialism works great until capitalism starts to falter)
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