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PB POST | Lawyer Ben-Ezra held in contempt over ‘fraud’ in foreclosure filing (via Foreclosure Fraud – Fighting Foreclosure Fraud by Sharing the Knowledge)

On By southwerkIn business ethics

I like this. Too long has the foreclosure industry lived without legal retribution for their crimes. I have argued for months that robo signing and false affidavits were contempt of court. Well, at least one judge agrees with me.

I like this site. If you have the slightest interest in the mortgage crisis, it should be on your favorites.

James PIlant

PB POST | Lawyer Ben-Ezra held in contempt over 'fraud' in foreclosure filing Lawyer held in contempt over ‘fraud’ in foreclosure filing By Kimberly Miller and Christine Stapleton Palm Beach Post Staff Writer A day after federal mortgage giant Fannie Mae fired the prominent law firm of Ben-Ezra & Katz, a Miami judge found the firm’s founding partner, Marc Ben-Ezra, in contempt of court for filing “sham” foreclosure documents and “wasting the court’s time.” On Thursday, Fannie Mae cited document “execution issues” as th … Read More

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Google Foreclosure Maps–no longer available (via Dregs of the Future)

On By southwerkIn business ethics

Take a long last look at accurate maps of the foreclosure crisis. Google says they have low usage. Maybe they just have a high level of influence suggesting a better use of their time. Well, it’s gone. Here’s one more look.

James Pilant

Google Foreclosure Maps--no longer available Searches for real estate foreclosures on Google Maps are censored no longer possible. Google has announced removal of all real estate listings from their Google Maps platform on February 10th of this year (2011). Google posted this: In part due to low usage, the proliferation of excellent property-search tools on real es … Read More

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