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Florida Foreclosures and Mortgage Modification by the Numbers

Posted on August 04, 2010
According to the Government Accountability Office, nearly 400,000 households have avoided foreclosure with government programs, as of July 2010. Approximately $248 million of the $50 billion in TARP funds was used to help millions of homeowners with mortgage payment reductions...

Congressman Barney Frank gives a briefing to the New England Council

Posted on June 07, 2010
This morning I attended a Breakfast with Congressman Barney Frank sponsored by the New England Council in Massachusetts. I was excited to attend this breakfast to get a play by play as to how the financial reform was going. I have to say my initial fears of further regulation in yet another industry were put at bay, for the moment...

Scammers target Seniors in fraud schemes - Seniors vs. Crimes Project - Helps seniors fight back

Posted on May 25, 2010
Did you know that 30% of all scam victims are over the age of 65? That frightening statistic is a call to action for 3,000 Florida senior citizens who volunteer in the Senior vs. Crimes Project. The Project is administered by the Florida Attorney General?s office...

Foreclosure Filings decrease in Palm Beach County

Posted on May 13, 2010
A recent Palm Beach Post article on the drop in foreclosure filings in Palm Beach County indicates that 1,529 bank takeovers occurred in April, a 47 percent decrease from April 2009, according to numbers released by the Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller...

SEC settles Illegal Short Selling charges involving two Boca Raton men

Posted on May 13, 2010
In a May 11 announcement, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated it had charged two South Florida men for engaging in the unlawful selling of securities. The SEC alleges that Boca Raton, Fla. residents Leonard J. Adams and Peter G. Grabler participated in numerous secondary offerings in order to profit illicitly...

Foreclosure: What it means for Homeowners and the Community

Posted on May 12, 2010
As the United States slowly recovers from the mortgage crisis and ensuing economic downturn, the fact remains that thousands of homeowners all across America are still facing the threat of foreclosure. Given the current state of the economy, the possibility of missing just one mortgage payment can sometimes be the tipping point that pushes a homeowner closer to the brink of foreclosure...

FINRA Permanently Bars Florida Broker for stealing more than $1.9 million from Clients

Posted on May 12, 2010
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has permanently barred Michael J. DiMare, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., from the securities industry for ?misappropriating over $1.9 million in client funds.? In its news release on the settlement, FINRA stated that Dimare, formerly a registered representative, hid his financial scheme by making false statements and submitting falsified account statements to his customers...

Report finds that almost Half of all South Florida Home are Underwater

Posted on May 11, 2010
A recent report released by real estate research firm Zillow states that 44.3 percent of South Florida homes were underwater during the first part of 2010. Zillow?s first quarter analysis report also determined that home values in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties continued to decrease from 2009...

How the Home Affordable Modification Program can Help Struggling Homeowners

Posted on May 10, 2010
In response to the housing crisis gripping the nation, the Obama administration implemented the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) to stem the growing number of foreclosures in the United States. HAMP is a part of the government's comprehensive Making Home Affordable initiative to help homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments, or homeowners who are facing foreclosure...

Tips on how Homeowners can lower Mortgage Payments

Posted on May 10, 2010
As the nation slowly recovers from one of the worst recessions in recent history, millions of homeowners throughout the United States continue to struggle with their monthly mortgage payments. Many hardworking and responsible homeowners who have fallen victim to the unhealthy economy in addition to the mortgage crisis are facing the threat of foreclosure as well...

Miscommunication between Banks can lead to "Mistaken" Foreclosures

Posted on May 10, 2010
As millions of American homeowners continue to deal with a struggling economy and a poor housing market, more and more of these individuals and families now have to contend with another problem: a breakdown in communication between banks that service mortgages...

Charles Schwab proposes $200M settlement for investor class action suit

Posted on April 26, 2010
Despite individual investors losing a reportedly $800 million, the Charles Schwab Corp. agreed last week to pay $200 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from brutal mortgage-related losses in its once-popular YieldPlus bond fund. This case has not been as high profile in the news as the Goldman Sachs case in the news, where victims were primarily banks...

Ponzi Scheme Orchestration lands Minnesota Tycoon in Prison for 50 Years

Posted on April 09, 2010
U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle sentenced Minnesota businessman Tom Petters to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme estimated at $3.7 billion. Counted among the victims of his scheme were missionaries, pastors and retirees. The sentence comes after a jury found Petters guilty on 20 counts of money laundering, wire fraud, conspiracy and mail fraud in December...

Anti-Fraud Law debated before the Supreme Court

Posted on March 31, 2010
Lawyers argued before the Supreme Court on whether a key provision of the Securities and Exchange Act should protect foreign fraud victims when the alleged scammer has a U.S. subsidiary. "This case has 'Australia' written all over it," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said...

Hacker, Albert Gonzalez, sentenced to 20 years for $200 Million Theft

Posted on March 30, 2010
The DOJ takes cyber crimes seriously, as Albert Gonzalez has found out. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock sentenced Gonzalez to 20 years and one day in prison for two conspiracy counts in connection with his efforts to help gain access to the payment card networks of numerous nationwide retailers...

Financial Regulation Bill moves to Full Senate

Posted on March 24, 2010
Wall Street look out... Change is in the air...The Senate Banking Committee passed a sweeping financial regulation bill on March 22. The bill now moves to the Senate for a full vote. President Obama and his senior advisers are now planning to focus more on issues such as financial regulation reform...

Provident Asset Management Expelled for Marketing Fraudulent Private Placements Offered by Affiliate in Massive Ponzi Scheme

Posted on March 22, 2010
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) expelled Dallas-based broker-dealer, Management, LLC, for marketing a series of fraudulent private placements offered by its affiliate, Provident Royalties, LLC, in a massive Ponzi scheme. The recent action is the first produced by a FINRA initiative involving active examinations and investigations of broker-dealers involved in retail sales of private placement interests, as well as broker-dealers affiliated with private placement issuers...

Interview with SEC Chair Mary Schapiro

Posted on March 19, 2010
SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro has video interview with Washington Post Editorial writer Charles Lane. The interview discusses improvements at the agency including: Madoff ponzi scandal, oversight of Lehman Brothers Holdings, inadequacies of the SEC's Consolidated Supervised Entity (CSE) Program, expectations for regulatory reform, fiduciary standard of care by brokers and new SEC investor protection oriented rules...

First Allied Securities agrees to pay nearly $2 Million to settle Securities Fraud charges of failing to supervise Broker

Posted on March 09, 2010
First Allied Securities, Inc, a San Diego-based broker-dealer, was charged with failing to reasonably supervise one of its registered representatives. The Broker engaged in unauthorized fraudulent trading in the accounts of two Florida municipalities...

Psychic Sean David Morton charged with Securities Fraud

Posted on March 07, 2010
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges owner of Delphi Investment Group with Securities fraud. The interesting twist is that the owner is Sean David Morton, a California based psychic. Allegedly, Morton billed himself as "America's Prophet" and scammed investors out of more than $6 million...

Finra releases 2010 annual examination priorities

Posted on March 04, 2010
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a 16-page letter announcing that it is issuing its 2010 annual examination priorities, on March 1st. The letter includes information on both new and existing areas of importance to FINRA?s yearly examination program...

$67 Million Fair Fund allocated to McAfee Investors for financial fraud settlement

Posted on February 23, 2010
If you are a Mcfee, Inc., investor, we have good news for you. The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced distribution of approximately $67 million to over 16,000 investors in connection with McAfee, Inc. financial fraud settlements. The Fair Fund was created after McAfee (formerly Network Associates, Inc...

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