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MERS Enters Self-Preservation Mode, Issues Press Release To "Clarify" Its Role In Foreclosure Fraud

By Implode-Explode Heavy Industries

"As more people realize that the fake title transfer aspect of foreclosure fraud is just the tip of the iceberg which runs, via MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) conduits all the way to the core of the securitization system, and thus $10 trillion in first level debt (and who knows how much in 3rd and 4th level layering of debt on top of this: think CDO-squared and cubed), we expect an increasing number of denials from the enablers in the explosion of securitization over the past ten years. Such as MERS. Which is why it is not surprising that late last night, it was precisely MERS who not only acknowledged for the first time its involvement in this whole fiasco (by a press release and a "fact and rebuttal" session), but has made it all too clear just how deep the problem truly runs. "

Full post as published by Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).