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Mortgage cops taking tough stance (Chicago)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 9-13-12 | Lew Sichelman

Posted on 09/16/2012 2:21:59 PM PDT by dynachrome

Strategic defaulters, beware. The feds are coming for you. And they are not happy.

Not the FBI. The Office of the Inspector General at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

The OIG may not have the same fearsome "G-man" reputation as its better-known counterparts at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but it is every bit as much a law enforcement agency, with the same powers to search, seize and arrest. Special OIG agents are even authorized to carry firearms.

The OIG's mission is to seek administrative sanctions, civil recoveries and criminal prosecutions against anyone who abuses the FHFA's programs. And it is pursuing its calling with passion, if not vengeance.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; defaults; mortgagepolice; mortgages
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To: MileHi
Hey, dump a few hundred grand of tax money in my account and I won't fail either.

And after you pay it back plus 10% or more interest?

You show up to defend his actions.

Where did I ever defend his actions?

Yep, the banksters paid it all back.

Yes they did.

So did GM.

LOL! Not even close.

And the doubled debt proves it.

The debt didn't come from the bank bailouts.

41 posted on 09/16/2012 7:02:22 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Bingo - trickle down doesn’t ever work does it. It’s crony capitalism all the way.


42 posted on 09/19/2012 4:53:34 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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