Is Eric Holder a Traitor to the People and a Shill to the Banks?
If you have time – maybe a long coffee break – you may want to read this fascinating article in Rolling Stone about the settlement between Attorney General Eric Holder, “his” Department of Justice and...
View ArticleZillow the Target of Two Employee Lawsuits
Orange County resident and former Zillow employee Ian Freeman has filed a federal lawsuit against Zillow. His attorney, Mark Geragos, is seeking class-action status on the behalf of Freeman and at...
View ArticleCountrywide Whistleblower to Get $57 Million
There is no category of businessperson I admire more than the whistleblower. Without them, our country would be even more corrupted by the acts of large corporations and our citizens would be the...
View ArticleWhistleblowers victorious in qui tam lawsuits against BofA, Fifth Third for...
Two qui tam lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) against Fifth Third and Bank of America have recently been settled. George Mann, the former chief appraiser for Fifth Third, had...
View ArticleAppraiser Blocked by Court from Collecting Whistleblower Reward
The appraiser who was the whistleblower on the Mutual Bank of Harvey has been blocked by a federal judge from receiving any of the proceeds of the case as a relator. Kenneth Conner worked for the bank...
View ArticleSteve Mnuchin’s Former Bank Pays $89 Million to Settle Reverse Mortgage Claims
Reverse mortgage company Financial Freedom of Austin, Texas, has agreed to pay $89 million to settle claims that it misused a federal home insurance program, which was under investigation by federal...
View ArticleWells Fargo Pays Out Again, This Time For Fraudulent Anti-Veteran Lending...
Banking giant Wells Fargo must pay over $100 million to settle allegations of fraud that included overcharging military veterans using the VA Home Loan to refinance their mortgages. The victims were...
View ArticleFinance of America Mortgage to Pay $14.5 Million to Resolve Whistleblower...
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Department of Justice announced today that Finance of America Mortgage, LLC (“FAM”) has agreed to pay the United States $14.5 million to...
View ArticleL.A. County Assessor Gives the Well-Connected Special Treatment,...
A whistleblower lawsuit by three County employees alleges that L.A. County Assessor Jeff Prang has given tax breaks to residents with close connections to government employess. The favorable treatment...
View ArticleWhistleblower Says Systemic Mortgage Fraud Has Returned to Wall Street
According to a whistleblower complaint by filed by CMBS veteran John Flynn, investment banks – including Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank — as well as other lenders, have engaged in a “systemic fraud” in...
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