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....it's a civil court case...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp heads to trial this week over allegations its Countrywide unit approved deficient home loans in a process called "Hustle," defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. government enterprises that underwrite mortgages. In what would be the government's first financial crisis case to go to trial against a major bank over defective mortgages, jury selection is set to begin in federal court in New York on Tuesday, barring a last-minute settlement. The trial is also a reminder of the billions of dollars in legal liabilities Bank of America has incurred as a result of its 2008 acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corp, which became a poster child of the mortgage meltdown. The U.S. Justice Department filed the civil lawsuit in 2012, blaming the bank for more than $1 billion in losses to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which bought mortgages that later defaulted. Since then, new evidence and pre-trial rulings by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff have pared the case back. The case is U.S. ex rel. O'Donnell v. Bank of America Corp et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-01422. |
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says... On 9/24/2013 9:25 PM, BAR wrote: In article , says... On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:35:10 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: ...it's a civil court case... NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp heads to trial this week over allegations its Countrywide unit approved deficient home loans in a process called "Hustle," defrauding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S. government enterprises that underwrite mortgages. In what would be the government's first financial crisis case to go to trial against a major bank over defective mortgages, jury selection is set to begin in federal court in New York on Tuesday, barring a last-minute settlement. The trial is also a reminder of the billions of dollars in legal liabilities Bank of America has incurred as a result of its 2008 acquisition of Countrywide Financial Corp, which became a poster child of the mortgage meltdown. The U.S. Justice Department filed the civil lawsuit in 2012, blaming the bank for more than $1 billion in losses to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which bought mortgages that later defaulted. Since then, new evidence and pre-trial rulings by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff have pared the case back. The case is U.S. ex rel. O'Donnell v. Bank of America Corp et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 12-01422. I am not sure who, at BoA, you could prosecute. They didn't own Countrywide when the crimes occurred. Paulson forced them to buy Countrywide after the fact in that big bailout deal (along with Merrill) The SEC did fine Mozilo $67M for looting the company right before the crash but I agree that was not enough. 20 years in "**** you in the ass" prison might be more appropriate. Weren't most of the Democrat Senators and many House Democrat members on the friends of Angelo list who received sweetheart deals from ****ry Wide when it was still Country Wide. My Senator Dodd stole and made millions on it and retired off to a cushy retirement.... He sold out the whole country like we knew he would, and half the state still loves him... Of course they like that fake indian in mass too, but that's the hypocrisy of the NE Liberal... Speaking of "hypocriscy", I'm guessing you think that no conservative would ever do anything like that, right? |
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