Saturday, May 30, 2015

Foreclosure scam ordered to repay $11M to distressed homeowners | TheHill

Foreclosure scam ordered to repay $11M to distressed homeowners | TheHill



"The lawyers behind a foreclosure scam were ordered Friday in federal court to repay more than $11 million that it took for vulnerable homeowners. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the state of Florida accused the scammers, led by the Hoffman Law Group, of tricking distressed homeowners into joining frivolous lawsuits that would supposedly provide foreclosure relief."

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After the housing market crashed in 2007-08, a whole lot of "foreclosure rescue" businesses were set up. Many of them were nothing more than fraud rings and they operated for years--with many still in business.  It's a great example of how little our policy makers care about homeowners and how much they care about banks.

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