Mortgage Fraud Defendant Claims Lender Lost Nothing on Securitized Loan

One of two defendants who have already pleaded guilty to defrauding Countrywide Home Loans on a $760,000 mortgage claims that because the loan was securitized, Countrywide didn’t face any losses. The strategy is intended to avoid a prison sentence. If the federal judge in the case agrees, the process of prosecuting mortgage fraud defendants — which already takes years — could become even more difficult and complicated. A decision is expected this week in the case. But filings tumbled 19 percent from January 2011.

View full post on Mortgage Stories

Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Comments are closed.