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Pam Bondi, Lender Processing Services, Provest and Campaign Contributions from Companies Under Investigation from AG's Office
Campaign Contributions from Companies CURRENTLY Under Investigation by Pam Bondi
Sure, let's make a big deal about the firings of the AG's investigators June Clarkson and Theresa Edwards. We should and we must.
But the fact that Bondi took campaign contributions from Lender Processing Services WHILE there's an active investigation into Lender Processing Services is even more concerning. (Not to mention the hiring of Joe Jacquot, a former lawyer from Bondi's office by LPS the same week that June and Theresa were fired. His new position, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Lender Processing Services, Inc.)
The firings can be dismissed as inter-office politics; the campaign contributions are best described as bribes.
Firings + Bribes = CORRUPTION?
How can you take campaign contributions from a company that the AG Office investigating?
Who can the AG negotiate in good faith with the other states' AGs against the banks when she has a dog in the fight??
Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi took campaign contributions from TWO companies CURRENTLY under investigation by her office for foreclosure fraud-related activities, Lender Processing Services and Provest. Lender Processing Services donated directly to Bondi’s campaign through LPS, its subsidiaries/affiliates, its in-house counsel, and at least one attorney employed by its in-house counsel. Members of Provest’s senior management, including its founder and CEO, as well as an executive vice president’s WIFE, contributed to Bondi’s campaign.
There are SEVENTY NINE PAGES of Bondi campaign contributors: there may be many more contributors with a direct relationship with companies currently under investigation by the Florida Attorney General.
- Bill McCollum began investigations into LPS and Provest while Attorney General.
- Did Bondi fail to research the AG’s office and familiarize herself with investigations started under her predecessor/opponent in the primary prior to campaigning for his job?
- How can Bondi properly investigate companies already under investigation if she took “contributions” from them?
- How can Bondi act in good faith and represent the citizens of Florida in negotiations with the other states’ attorneys general against the banks when she took campaign contributions from companies/their managements whose businesses are dependent on the very banks under investigation?
1. Lender Processing Services.
FL AG Pam Bondi has an open investigation of now-notorious affidavit mill Lender Processing Services
http://www.myfloridalegal.com/lit_ec.nsf/mortgage/9B099A9DD32030BE8525771300426A68
Lender Processing Services’ “work product” – fraudulent affidavits – have been called a “sham” and a “farce” by the US Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52867919/In-Re-Wilson-Memorandum-Opinion-07-Apr-2011 (start at bottom of page 18)
Pam Bondi took thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Lender Processing Services, its affiliates/subsidiaries (Fidelity Financial, etc.), its in-house counsel (Holland & Knight) and members of its in-house counsel staff. At least one member of Lender Processing Services’ board is a former member of H&K - I just looked around and can't find which one, but I saw it recently....
Nathan A. Adams, member of Holland & Knight’s Tampa office, gave money to both Pam Bondi and Bill McCollum.
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor_details.phtml?d=255977295
2. Provest.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has an active, open investigation into ProVest:
Provest senior management:
http://web.provest.us/ProVest_Leaders.aspx
At least three members of senior management of Provest gave money to Pam Bondi:
Scott Stady, founder and CEO:
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=263329440
Victor Draper, executive vice president:
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=263329442
and Deanna Draper, Victor Draper’s wife
Deanna R. Draper:
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=263329441
http://www.publicrecords.com/people-search-records/deanna-r-draper-in-florida
James P. McDermott, a member of management, is listed as “Jim” on Provest website but it’s the same guy:
http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor.phtml?d=2...
Misc.
Worth asking for a quote re: Provest’s senior management’s contributions.
Provest belongs to the Florida Association of Professional Process Servers
http://www.fapps.org/board.asp
Bob Musser
5415 Lake Howell Road #327
Winter Park, FL 32792
Telephone: (407) 679-1539
E-Mail: bob@dbsinfo.com
Code of Ethics:
http://www.fapps.org/codeofethics.doc
HOW CAN SHE KEEP MONEY FROM COMPANIES SHE IS INVESTIGATING???
Pam Bondi forced out the top two foreclosure fraud investigators in her office several weeks ago
How can she properly investigate LPS and Provest and act on our behalf in good faith with the other AGs?? Florida is the epicenter of foreclosure fraud; she should be in the VANGUARD of the investigation. Instead, she takes “campaign contributions.”
Background on LPS:
Florida attorneys have known about LPS & their fraud since at least 2008!
This is a compilation of foreclosure mills using LPS's services, state-by-state, from the three 2006-2007 issues of The Summit:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/58891860/LPSstatebystate
Read about robosigning and kickbacks (excuse me, “incentive awards”) to attorneys using LPS’s services, golfing junkets, etc. directly from LPS’s newsletter, The Summit.
The Summit, Sept. 2006
(read Dory Goebel's article on page 16 about robosigning)
The Summit, Oct. 2007
The Summit, Dec. 2007
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49949144/Lender-Processing-Services-f-k-a-FIS-newsletter-The-Summit-Dec-07
Court cases involving LPS and Dory Goebel:
2007: In Re: Fagan, US Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York State:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/40515880/In-Re-Fagan-Decision-Granting-Sanction-24-Sep-2007
Ms. Goebel’s “sworn testimony was false.” (page 3)
2008-2011:
In Re: Wilson, US Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, where LPS’s “work product” was called a “sham” and a “farce” and Dory Goebel
In Re: Wilson, February Post Trial Brief:
In Re: Wilson, April Memorandum:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/52867919/In-Re-Wilson-Memorandum-Opinion-07-Apr-2011 (start around page 18)
For people who think affidavits are just details, the Court would beg to differ:
Default affidavits are a lender’s representation as to the status of a loan. They are routinely accepted in both state and federal courts in lieu of live testimony. They are an accommodation to the lending community based on a belief by the courts that the facts they present are virtually unassailable. The submission of evidence by affidavit allows lenders to save countless hours and expense establishing a borrower’s default without the need for testimony from a lending representative. While they can be refuted by a borrower, too often, a debtor’s offer of alternative and conflicting facts is dismissed by those who believe that a lender’s word is more credible than that of a debtor. The deference afforded the lending community has resulted in an abuse of trust. (author’s bolding, from April Memorandum, page 21)
The Florida Bar seems to take the role of affidavits very seriously:
Florida Bar opinion about attorneys “affirmative obligation” pre- and POST-judgment to notify court:
Anonymous posting by a foreclosure mill attorney:
And last but not least, let's not forget about DOCX and Linda Green...
Heck, I think they even did a 60 Minutes Report on the matter...
I believe it was called Mortgage paperwork mess: the next housing shock?
Watch the 60 Minutes Report on Foreclosure Fraud Here w/ Bonus Material
(CBS News) If there was a question about whether we’re headed for a second housing shock, that was settled last week with news that home prices have fallen a sixth consecutive month. Values are nearly back to levels of the Great Recession. One … Watch by clicking here...
I bet Bondi is regretting the firing of her two top investigators right about now...
www.4closureFraud.org
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Blondie has no intention of investigating any of these matters. She gladly accepted campaign contributions from the suspects and she did it out in the open. She almost advertised it; that way all the other suspects will get the word they too should contribute. It is blatant and in your face Florida corruption. The people of Florida are so upset they are signing petitions. That must have Blondie up at nights. Have any of the Flo people heard of the FBI? They have a gov corruption unit. Then there's always the 60 minutes film crew but how many stories can they do on Florida corruption?
I know that Lyn put a lot of work in to this posting, but I really think she needs to take it up a notch and present this info in a dramatic 10 minute documentary youtube video.
Dear Mr. Stumpf: (CEO of Wacko via Wells as of 12/28/08)
Your local branch is acquainted with me. Once, when I was having a psychotic break, I actually opened an account there.
As I fear happens with most of your suitors, the honeymoon didn’t last long. The domestic problems began almost immediately. A big blonde loan officer, who shall be nameless until asked, tried conning me into a rich bridge loan. For her, I mean. I told her if she managed to swing this one, she’d be president of the bank, if not the country. The collateral for a mid-six-figure bridge was to be 4 acres of prime unencumbered beachfront property in a very nice neighborhood of Southern California.
In a meeting with the blonde & her 2 Rhodes scholar managers (and me, gasping for air, at 8.3%) not to fret because in under 6 months, Wells was getting out of usury, and my bridge would convert to a normal rate; while they'd simultaneously raise the line another 400%. They started ganging up on me like I was Cheese in Farmer in the Dell.
I soon learn it's not even a Wells product. It's originated at Citibank, over whose terms WellsFargo has no standing whatever. Now the blonde gets mad. She says it's all my fault she won’t make any money because of a whole non-commission generating weekend with me. I was surprised bank officers worked on commission. I was more surprised it was leveraged this way. This is how you train your employees? The next day a well-capitalizedlocal begged me to take a larger loan at a lower rate and all they want is a signature.
But these? Mere appetizers. Now the main course.
An older friend was about to lose a home she’d lived in since 1989. Her 30-year-old daughter needed both liver and kidney transplants as a result of malpractice. She’d been given the wrong drugs for a minor condition. In 2002, she was near death. She had to be ferried by her mother, four times a month, from Santa Barbara to Stanford to see the transplant specialists. doctors. Santa Barbara is five-hundred miles from Stanford.
The liver transplant was completed but there were complications. An artery was severed during the operation.. She now needed a bypass. The kidney transplant had to be put on hold. Hospital bills, doctor bills, transportation and lodging charges–all are detailed in the enclosed hardship letter. Her mother, a successful therapist in private practice, could not maintain her income. She went to Wachovia to see about a loan until she was back on her feet (which took several months.) Under great duress, she gets tricked into a negatively amortized Pick-a-Pay loan at 8.1% with a punitive pre-payment penalty. Today this loan is illegal in the State of California. She'd been told by Wachovia that within twelve months, they'd effortlessly and cheerfully refinance the loan. Wells merged with Wachovia Dec. 28, 2008.
This woman has maintained excellent credit even through all this. But in addition to medical bills insurance didn’t cover, she has a $996,000-and-climbing predatory mortgage which balloons everyday due to being negatively amortized. Back on her feet, she went to refinance. She was given the run-around for a year. She told me about this. I said I’d look into it. I was curious. She probably hadn’t gone through the right channels.
Now the fun begins.
Down, down we go into the first rabbit hole. We go to a loan officer I know personally. Bonnie states unequivocally Wells "does not own Wachovia." I’m sure she believes this. She says Wachovia is "a going concern with branches all over town." So that's where we should go. Wachovia would be thrilled to see us, so with that settled, it was time to "run along." I told Bonnie she was wrong. "There's no more Wachovia. In fact, letters have been sent to all former clients they’d be dealing with WellsFargo until the end of time." WellsFargo--who owns Wachovia. I tell Bonnie to fetch her elusive manager who tells Bonnie to tell us to “get lost.” We stand there like Mark di Suveros. Alice, the manager, surfaces since Bonnie can't seem to get rid of us. Alice says Wells does not own Wachovia and to stop haranguing her salespeople.
Bonnie was sorry but none of the 50 people sitting around doing nothing knew anything about HAMP, even if Wells was signed up. She further speculated we wouldn’t get far with anyone else because “they’re all on commission,” are fired if they don’t produce; and they don’t produce when they make government loans at 2% interest. I told my friend I thought she might not even have a mortgage since Wachovia was Q and Wells was in denial. I said, “Call their bluff. That’s what I’d do.”
Curiouser and curiouser—I ask Bonnie to get HAMP’s phone number. It takes more than an hour to find it. She gets it. I say, "Dial." In Wonderland, things take a really long time. Three fun-packed hours later and Bonnie's getting the same runaround as my friend. Now curiouser herself, Bonnie keeps calling. She gets hundreds of people who relay her back to the first person, who relays her back to the hundredth person, and the wheels of the bus go round and round and by five o’clock we get nowhere, Bonnie's hungry and gets no commission.
A banker couldn't get through, Mr. Stumpf. What working man who works 40-hours a week job (if he's lucky) has the time for this?
But that’s the point, is it not? That the process be so impenetrable you need a PhD. in applied physics, calculus, logic and economics to figure it out, and by the time you do, the bank has foreclosed.
In a last ditch effort because she wanted to go home, Bonnie gave us some sage advice. “You can only get your loan modified if you defaulted on your loan. Otherwise you won’t qualify.” Easy as pie. Go home, stop paying bills and live happily ever after in a homeless camp. Bonnie said to try a commission-generating loan. But when my friend called, her calls weren’t returned. Guess that meant no.
But we weren’t through yet. “Let’s try another branch.”
The new barracudas were really serious about not helping us. I asked who to we should talk to about mortgages. We were pointed to someone described as “the best mortgage gal in the world.” Who’d worked there a week. I explained our predicament ta the mortgage gal and it felt like talking to a broken record. “Wells Fargo doesn’t do loan modifications and has nothing to do with Wachovia. Try looking in the Yellow Pages.” Not so fast, mortgage gal. This time we were armed with documents. Of special interest was the bank’s website, indicating WellsFargo was an equal opportunity discriminator. The bank wouldn’t even help people with WellsFargo loans. It felt good to know we weren’t being persecuted.
It was more difficult getting rid of us this time. When we got the party line “never heard of ‘em” I had dossier proving it had. No one appreciated my research. I was adamant. Mortgage gal saw the light (and my dossier) and started to help. Just then a belligerent lady in glasses surfaced up behind mortgage gal and said to leave. I ignored her. Mortgage gal was my friend. The lady with glasses thought she’d scared me and went back to her office. But mortgage gal continued to help. The lady with myopia wasn’t down for long. Stridently, she strode back. In clearly enunciated tones, she said to get lost, she wasn’t helping us and neither was mortgage gal, no one at the bank understood HAMP and “besides this branch doesn’t even do mortgages.” Bit of a stretch in a place with the most expensive real estate in North America. Besides mortgage gal had a business card. It read, “WellsFargo Mortgage Specialist.’ Maybe the lady in glasses was blind or thought I was.She cried out to mortgage gal, “You’re busy! I have ‘docs’ to get out!” Docs? Isn’t that in-crowd slang for mortgages?
Now I had her. I said, “You’re worried about ‘docs’ while this woman could lose her home?” The Lady in Glasses hated me. I didn't care. I have too many friends. I went on, “You won’t do it because you won’t get a commission.”
See how fast i caught on to Wells Fargo lingo?
Well, that did it. Now I was in real trouble. The myopic lady who didn’t know what a mortgage was, said “We don’t know about HAMP or Wachovia or loan modifications or anything else that doesn’t generate a commission, and if you know what’s good for you, leave because otherwise, I’m calling the Sheriff.” An involuntary smile crossed my lips. “Oh goody! You mean now we get to play Cowboys and Indians? Sure hope the Sheriff brings the six-guns!” I looked at my friend. Another day with me and she’d move to the Salvation Army. Now mortgage gal, defying her orders, takes us back to the Anne Frank Conference Room. She hopes they won’t find us. This was not to be.
Mr. Sheriff arrives and escorts us through the bank and out to our car while an aghast line of customers with whom I play tennis, looks on in horror.
Outside Mr. Sheriff apologizes. “Just doin’ my job, Missy.” His eyes flash and his eyebrows raise as I explain the bailout didn't go to the strapped homeowners, but to Wells and others who don't make loans because they’d rather fool around with the carry trade. “Sheriff. Put down the gun. It’s Wells you want. Not us. They’re gettin’ another $15 bill bailout next week. That thar’s who you should be arrestin’.” The Sheriff sighed and opened the car door for us. We all rode off into a bloody sunset dripping red ink.
Now Mr. Stumpf, we know you’re resigning and everything (and who could blame you?) but maybe Wells can find a pulse or heartbeat buried underneath all those program trades. Because we’re not going away.
And we didn’t.
Epilogue: Seven months (and 25 hours a week later) of chatting up boiler room con artists and liars, we outsmarted them. My friend got the loan and I learnt something new.
http://carolelieffthecuriouscapitalist.co
Hey! You a buncha goody two shoes folks, really, get with life as it is played now, stop imagining some mythical past where public officials were "Honest" how much money can you make by being "Honest"? Pam Bandi is human, she sees what is going on, her office lets her be a player, not like a banker, a small player but a player none the less and she is going to get a share of the loot anyway she can...Good for you Pam, get all you can it is just another battle in the war for gender equality!
Hey! You a buncha goody two shoes folks, really, get with life as it is played now, stop imagining some mythical past where public officials were "Honest" how much money can you make by being "Honest"? Pam Bandi is human, she sees what is going on, her office lets her be a player, not like a banker, a small player but a player none the less and she is going to get a share of the loot anyway she can...Good for you Pam, get all you can it is just another battle in the war for gender equality!
95% of all political contributions are BRIBES , the rest are just mis-guided self -agrandisement
Burn her, she's a witch!
with another 11 million forclosures headed their way, 28% of home owners under water and another 27% willing to strategically default, no wonder the greedy little vermin are scrambling.
This Is What A Collapsing Ponzi Scheme Looks Like: Housing Market Headed Off A Cliff As A Shocking 10.8 Million Mortgages At Risk Of Default"They can attempt to fraudulently paper over reality, play accounting games, “extend and pretend” and buy off all the state attorneys and regulators they want, even have the Fed, Treasury, Congress and the president in their pocket; they can buy all the king’s horses and all the king’s men, but they can’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
This is what a collapsing Ponzi scheme looks like.
We must break up the “too big to fail” banks and end this RICO racket now. As the data proves, the longer we wait, the uglier this is going to get"
http://daviddegraw.org/2011/07/this-is-what-a-collasping-ponzi-scheme-lo...
OK here's the BOTTOM LINE- Mss. Edwards & Clarkson got Marshall C. Watson LLC & Personally, to pay $2 Million in fines http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/25/2134407/marshall-c-watsons-law-firm-to.html and here's their signatures on the lawsuit http://mattweidnerlaw.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Marshall-C-Watson-Assurance-of-Voluntary-Compliance.pdf and NOBODY talks about THE MONEY or WHERE IT WENT. Huh, Banksterz & their Cronies. Hi Pam Bondi! Sucking it up to Skeletor and his Bankster friends? Capt. Obvious says YES. ($keletor being Gov. Rick Scott, in case you did not know what his nickname is in Ft. Lauderdale.)
Florida! the Lobby State!
aka God's Waiting Room.
Yo Peeps- Don't bother posting comments, because 4ClosureFraud does not read them here. Go to their main website, and if they think they can make money posting your ideas, they will. Otherwise, do no expect a response in return.
SwingForce - you are a dope or a shill. Maybe both. Up yours junior.
Yo Swingthing.
1st I do read the comments here.
2nd make money off your ideas?
What ideas may those be?
And what money will I be making off your ideas?
Everything I post and all the research I do is for free to educate the people.
I have no ads on the site and I do not sell anything.
So what you say now?
Yo - 4closure... you're aces in my book. I'm down here w/ these dumb american bastards in Gator Country... keep it comin'. I love clueing in the Bubba's about the reality of this wacky state. I send links to all of your FL corruption posts out to all the locals. Hell some of 'em even read 'em.
legal bribery