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Investors Accuse Bank Of America Of Continuing Countrywide’s Bad Practices

Most of the $40 billion Bank of America has set aside to pay out over the mortgage meltdown can be blamed on malfeasance at Countrywide Financial. But some investors say that BofA’s hands are not totally clean in this mess — and that the bank has gotten off too easy thus far.

 

U.S. sues BofA, calling loan fraud 'brazen'

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The $1-billion civil suit alleges that BofA's Countrywide fraudulently deceived mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into believing the company's risky loans were safe and sound.

 

BofA to announce settlement with Justice Department in Countrywide lending probe, source says

The Justice Department is expected to announce Wednesday a settlement with Bank of America Corp. that resolves accusations that its Countrywide Financial unit engaged in discriminatory mortgage-lending practices, according to a person familiar with the matter.

 

California reportedly subpoenas BofA over toxic securities

California is trying to determine whether BofA and its Countrywide Financial subsidiary sold investments backed by risky mortgages to investors in California under false pretenses, a source says. Investigators with the state attorney general's office have subpoenaed Bank of America Corp. in connection with the sale and marketing of troubled mortgage-backed securities to California investors, according to a person familiar with the probe.

Senh: Citigroup already got nailed. It's time for Bank of America and other banks. This is just wrong - peddling investment products to their clients while betting against them.

 

450,000 to Get Payments in Countrywide Settlement

450,000 to Get Payments in Countrywide Settlement

Countrywide Home Loans agreed to pay borrowers $108 million for charging excessive fees when they fell behind on their mortgages.

 

Moody's Downgrades BofA's Mortgage Servicer Ratings

Moody's downgraded Bank of America's underlying mortgage-servicing ratings to reflect the challenges the bank continues to face with the integration of Countrywide.

 

BofA's Countrywide sued, accused of massive fraud

Bank of America Corp's Countrywide mortgage unit has been sued by investors claiming they were victimized in a "massive fraud" when they bought mortgage-backed securities.

 

Allstate sues BofA, others over Countrywide losses

Allstate Corp has sued Bank of America Corp and 18 other defendants over losses it said it suffered on more than $700 million of mortgage debt it bought from Countrywide Financial Corp.

 

House Democrat received Countrywide loans: report

A leading Democrat in the House of Representatives who has rebuffed Republican efforts to subpoena records of a mortgage program for favored borrowers at Countrywide Financial Corp got home loans from that lender, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

 

Countrywide exec often warned about mortgage risks

John P. McMurray made it clear to his Countrywide Financial Corp bosses that they were playing a dangerous game with risk.

 

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