by Brian Mahany Folk legend says cats have 9 lives. People don’t. Anyone following the storied career of mortgage pirate Jim Hodge might feel otherwise. We are confident, however, that the game is finally over. Yesterday, HUD’s Mortgagee Review Board started the process to shut down Hodge once and for all. A letter from the […]
HUD Challenges Marketing Services Agreements
by Brian Mahany Because we represent homeowners, mortgage company employees and sometimes the interests of taxpayers (federal false claims act cases), we see new frauds and shady deals in the lending industry just about everyday. Some, like forged documents and phony appraisals, are pretty obvious. Others such as sham “marketing services agreements” are tougher to […]