"60 Minutes" on April 3, 2011
The first preview was about "mortgage lines." Scott Pelley reported on some fast dealing by banks in mortgage foreclosures. The second preview was about gospel singing.
"The Next Housing Shock" was about the huge number of foreclosed houses. The legal documents behind the mortgages frequently are not there. People facing foreclosure frequently meet in convention centers (LA: 37,000 people). Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America sponsors these meetings. About half do get re-negotiated lines. Talk with Lynn Simoniak about paperwork issues. Her mortgage had been bundled. Bank had lost assignment of mortgage, then found it. We sued her in July 2008 and acquired mortgage in October 2008. Strange signatures: name of Linda Green. Linda Green was vice-president of 20 banks. In 2003, Linda Green was a shipping clerk, and then got a job with DOCX. Chris Pendly worked at DOCX and signed as "Linda Green." Chris was paid $10/hour. 350 signatures per hour. An example document included the words "Bogus Assignee." Also a bad bene. Wells Fargo, HSBC, Bank of America, and Citi were involved in the problem, but said they farmed out the work. DOCX was owned by LPS. Now there are "foreclosure ghettos," where houses can't be moved for lack of proper paperwork. There was an issue of banks paying into a cleanup fund. This would need to be billions of dollars. Pelley noted no banks would talk to "60 Minutes." State AGs are seeking about 20 billion dollars in damages. The story ended with a link to "overtime", discussing a way to determine "who owns your mortgage."
The second story (in two time segments) was on "Gospel for Teens," about Vy Higginsen who created a Harlem project to preserve the art of singing gospel.
**In passing, on employment issues, see Why the Middle-Aged Are Missing Out on New Jobs
"The Next Housing Shock" was about the huge number of foreclosed houses. The legal documents behind the mortgages frequently are not there. People facing foreclosure frequently meet in convention centers (LA: 37,000 people). Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America sponsors these meetings. About half do get re-negotiated lines. Talk with Lynn Simoniak about paperwork issues. Her mortgage had been bundled. Bank had lost assignment of mortgage, then found it. We sued her in July 2008 and acquired mortgage in October 2008. Strange signatures: name of Linda Green. Linda Green was vice-president of 20 banks. In 2003, Linda Green was a shipping clerk, and then got a job with DOCX. Chris Pendly worked at DOCX and signed as "Linda Green." Chris was paid $10/hour. 350 signatures per hour. An example document included the words "Bogus Assignee." Also a bad bene. Wells Fargo, HSBC, Bank of America, and Citi were involved in the problem, but said they farmed out the work. DOCX was owned by LPS. Now there are "foreclosure ghettos," where houses can't be moved for lack of proper paperwork. There was an issue of banks paying into a cleanup fund. This would need to be billions of dollars. Pelley noted no banks would talk to "60 Minutes." State AGs are seeking about 20 billion dollars in damages. The story ended with a link to "overtime", discussing a way to determine "who owns your mortgage."
The second story (in two time segments) was on "Gospel for Teens," about Vy Higginsen who created a Harlem project to preserve the art of singing gospel.
**In passing, on employment issues, see Why the Middle-Aged Are Missing Out on New Jobs
posted by Lawrence B. Ebert at 3:57 PM
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It is about time someone has taken the initative to check the financial institutions out. The information you shared is forgery and criminal misrepresentation and some heads need to roll and criminal prosecutions need to be made to hold the financial systems accountable. I hope you continue your investigations into this crisis because it is destroying many families and communities. I will be losing my home next week to add to the multitudes of empty homes in my rural area. The banks are paying people to keep them up,AND EMPTY, until they can raise the morgage rates and rape the public, AGAIN. Please continue to pursue this topic so MAYBE, our government will do something about it. Our economy is already in a critical state with gas prices and low unemployment and the wealthy are only making it worse. I have much more to say about this subject but I am only a hard working man who loves his country and cannot do anything to change it. Hopefully, YOU the media, can create some accountability for these crimes against its citizens. Thank you for your information and I shall keep watching your program as I always do to see if somethig can be done about this critical need. Thanks again
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