• The Mess Caused by Document Preparers

    Published On: September 28, 2013

    Robert Naugles prepared his own bankruptcy so thought he would charge others for preparing their documents. Sanctioned by Bankruptcy Court. Naugles assumed "the courthouse staff would point out any errors." NOTE - the Court staff [...]

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    Frank Becerra Campos Gets Prison in Arizona Housing Scam

    Published On: September 24, 2013

    Frank Becerra Campos, 66, of San Diego, defrauds Arizona Latinos in a mortgage rescue scam. Collected at least $669,743 in up-front fees “in exchange for loan modification services they utterly failed to provide.” By [...]

  • Quarterly Report on Household Debt & Credit

    Published On: September 15, 2013

    Federal Reserve Report indicates The Next Financial Balloon to Burst: Student loans More than $221 billion of these loans at the largest banks will hit this mark over the next four years. Bully tactics used [...]

  • Sallie Mae Failing to Follow Requirements

    Published On: September 15, 2013

    The Next Financial Balloon to Burst: Student Loans ore than $221 billion of these loans at the largest banks will hit this mark over the next four years. According to the The Huffington Post:  Sallie [...]

  • 8.5 Billion Foreclosure Settlement

    Published On: September 11, 2013

    Big banks settle: to Pay $8.5 Billion to settle claims of wrongful foreclosure actions. Aurora Bank, Bank of America, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Sovereign Bank, MetLife, US Bank, SunTrust, and PNC agree to [...]

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    Millions $$ Being Released to Arizona Homeowners

    Published On: September 9, 2013

    Millions of Dollars Being Released to Assist Arizona Homeowners Hit by Mortgage Crisis Attorney General’s Office to Expand Mortgage Relief Efforts over Next Three Years Attorney General Tom Horne is today announcing in a press [...]

  • New Mortgage Lending Rules – CFPB Protecting Us Again

    Published On: September 7, 2013

    CFPB announces new rules which provide many protections to consumers, but also offers protection, or "safe harbor," to banks and lenders The answer is "yes" Bully tactics used to scare or coerce buyers. The federal [...]

  • Credit Card Sold to Debt Collectors

    Published On: September 5, 2013

    Debt buying is really big business – buyers paying three cents on the dollar. Encore Financial, one of the largest credit card debt buyers, paid $562 million for $18.5 billion of debt last year, or [...]

  • Arizona Atty General Warns about another Mortgage Scam

    Published On: September 3, 2013

    Scam letter from Fresh Start, based in New York, requires as much as $5,200 up front from a homeowner. According to the Arizona Attorney General "This is a blatant violation of Arizona law.” Article from [...]

  • BofA Gave Staff Bonuses to Foreclose on Homeowners

    Published On: August 30, 2013

    Lawsuit claims Bank of America that gave bonuses to employees to lie to homeowners and to foreclose on homes. The answer is "yes" Bank of America rewards employees for lying and putting borrowers into [...]