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...All the while, there were legal fights with attorneys who had found a lucrative new business helping condo buyers claw back their deposits....
...It was the late 1990s, and Florida’s roller-coaster housing market was on a sharp upswing....
...That luxury condominium project also passed into new hands at a foreclosure sale. Mr Arif’s overseas leads failed to produce deals....
...“They are a formidable force,” said Mr Jacquot, a former chief deputy attorney-general of Florida. “This is definitely an environment that will empower the AGs.”...
...Brokers say it recovered from the Florida foreclosure crisis more quickly than other areas in the state....
...Meanwhile, it seems the foreclosure saga for Mr Parmar’s $23m compound isn’t over, either....
...Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Ally Financial, which acquired Rescap, sent relief to 49 states as part of the deal with the Department of Justice and state attorneys-general...
...In late 2007, after hearing complaints from residents and a steep increase in foreclosures, Mr Hunter teamed up with the US attorney’s office in Las Vegas and state authorities to create a mortgage fraud...
...Some officials said they fear that Florida could also reject a deal and lead other Republican attorneys-general to do the same, if the state felt it was not getting enough money for its borrowers relative...
...The state of New York agreed to terms on Wednesday, as did Massachusetts, California and Florida, people familiar with the matter said....
...Earlier this year, FHFA concluded its own audit of foreclosure issues in Florida....
...The divide has opened along party lines, with Democrats such as Tom Miller, Iowa attorney-general, who is leading the probe, a strong proponent, and Republicans including the attorneys-general of Florida...
...The attorneys-general of Virginia, Florida, South Carolina and Texas – all Republicans – sent a letter last week to Mr Miller, a Democrat, opposing part of the proposed settlement that calls for writing...
...attorney general....
...Bank foreclosure practices are under investigation by the justice department, federal regulators and all 50 state attorneys general....
...Ms Moua, who was deposed as part of a foreclosure lawsuit in Palm Beach County, Florida, said that the only information she verified was whether her name and title appeared correctly, according to the document...
...and has prompted a probe by the attorneys-general of all 50 states....
...Bill McCollum, Florida’s attorney-general, opened investigations into several of these law firms, including Marshall C. Watson, Shapiro & Fishman and David J. Stern....
...The banks have denied that paperwork errors have resulted in improper foreclosures but investigations by the attorneys-general of all 50 states and by federal regulators are prompting the lenders to review...
...Now his firm, along with three others in Florida, is under investigation by that state’s attorney-general for foreclosure practices that were allegedly unfair and deceptive....
...The FBI reported on Thursday that mortgage fraud continues to rise, particularly loan modification or foreclosure scams....
...“It’s the closest thing to Greenwich Village you’ll find in Florida,” says Kincart....
...Ms Bair said the fraudsters included mortgage brokers, appraisers, attorneys, loan officers and closing agents....
...lawsuits from “various state attorneys general”: Lawsuits brought by the state attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Florida and Illinois in their respective state courts....
...Mark Lawson, a legal aid attorney in Cincinnati whose office takes in 20 to 30 new foreclosure cases a month, says passage of bankruptcy reform would be a “great thing” for his clients, giving them leverage...
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