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Fraud Mortgage-Backed Securities

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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The Assignment Of Litigation Rights And Champerty

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It is not often that we examine a case involving the doctrine of champerty. The last time we did so was on March 8, 2023 (here). We also examined the champerty doctrine in 2021 (here), 2020 (here), and 2016 (here)....more

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Greenpoint’s Motion to Dismiss Loan Misrepresentation Suit Granted in Part

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On October 15, Judge Donovan Frank of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, granted in part and denied in part Greenpoint Mortgage Funding’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Residential Funding Co., an...more

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Court Dismisses Suit Alleging Fraud by Merrill Lynch in the Sale of RMBS

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On October 8, Justice Charles E. Ramos of the New York Supreme Court for the County of New York, Commercial Division entered an order dismissing an amended complaint brought by Phoenix Light SF Limited, Silver Elms CDO PLC,...more

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MBS Claims Against Bank of America Dismissed

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On September 9, Judge Mariana Pfaelzer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted Bank of America’s motion to dismiss claims for fraudulent concealment, negligent misrepresentation, aiding and...more

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Federal Jury Holds Radius CEO Liable for MBS Fraud

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On February 6, a jury in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida found the CEO of the now-defunct Radius Capital Corp., Robert A. DiGiorgio, knowingly or recklessly made false or misleading...more

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JP Morgan Discloses Investigation of MBS Practices

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In its Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 7, JP Morgan Chase & Co. disclosed that it is responding to parallel criminal and civil investigations by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California...more

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DOJ and SEC File Suits Against Bank of America

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Stop me if you have heard something like this before. The Department of Justice announced a civil lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that Bank of America defrauded buyers of mortgage-backed securities by lying about the quality of...more

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