Until recently, Darryl Woods was the chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Mainstreet Bank in Ashland, Missouri. Last week he pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal government and taxpayers. His crime? The feds say he took $381,000 of TARP bailout monies and used the cash to purchase a luxury condo in Fort Meyers, Florida. Now […]
FIRREA – An Overlooked Whistleblower Tool?
I chuckled this morning when reading the paper. The big financial news this week is the Department of Justice suit against Bank of America for the sale of residential mortgage backed securities. The article claims the plaintiff’s bar “is abuzz” over the government’s use of a little known law called the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery […]
Feds Charge Another Mortgage Lender – (Whistleblower Post)
by Brian Mahany Five years after the housing crisis began and the feds continue to pursue those responsible for the mess. Although the federal false claims act statute of limitations prevent some whistleblower cases from going forward, whistleblowers can still earn a hefty payday under FIRREA statute. FIRREA is short for the Financial Institutions Reform, […]
Bank of America Hopes To Skirt $1Billion False Claims Suit
by Brian Mahany Bank of America is back in the news. And once again, its not good news for America’s “Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Jail” banking giant. Last week, BoA asked a federal judge to toss a billion dollar false claims suit against it. The suit, brought by former Countrywide Senior V.P. […]
"Do The Hustle" – Feds Slam Bank of America in Billion Dollar Fraud Case
by Brian Mahany For those who remember the disco era, Van McCoy scored a number 1 hit on the Billboard charts back in 1975 with a song called “Do The Hustle.” Decades later, federal prosecutors announced a billion dollar civil prosecution against America’s largest bank, Bank of America. Prosecutors say that BOA engaged in a […]