Tom Miller

Mortgage Settlement: The Deal That Divided The Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 03.13.2012

Top law enforcement officers from most of the 50 states gathered last week in Washington, D.C., for the annual spring meeting of state attorneys gener...

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People Power vs. Banker Power: Score One For the People

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Bank Fraud, Tom Miller, Bank Settlement, Wall Street, Eric Schneiderman, Obama Administration, Foreclosure Fraud, Richard Trumka, Politics News

Patti Smith wasn't wrong when she sang that "People have the powe." We do have the power to win a battle or two, even against those guys on Wall Street. We have more power than we realize -- but only if we're willing to use it.

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Mr. President, Stop Protecting Bankers From These Law Enforcement Officials

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Curbing Wall Street, Bank Fraud, Tom Miller, Beau Biden, Foreclosure Settlement, Bank Crimes, Kamala Harris, Jack Conway, Catherine Cortez Masto, Eric Schneiderman, Martha Coakley, Foreclosure Fraud, Politics News

Lately we've been hearing some strong words from the President about Wall Street crime. But when the cameras and lights aren't around, his Administration's been working feverishly to protect bankers from state law enforcement officials.

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Amid National Focus on Home Foreclosures, Iowans Point to White House

Michael J. Hunt | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Foreclosures, Tom Miller, Occupy Iowa, Occupy DesMoines, Obama, Occupy Our Homes, Housing Crisis, Home Foreclosures, Offthebus, Politics News

An organizing organization with strong ties to both Occupy Des Moines and Occupy Iowa chose not to participate in Tuesday's Occupy Our Homes National Day of Action out of frustration with what they called President Obama's habit of "punting on policy" they say would help resolve the financial crisis.

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Midwest Occupy Wall Street Protesters Seek To Highlight Foreclosure Mess

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Occupy Minnesota, Occupy Iowa, Tom Miller, Video, Geoff Greenwood, Attorney General, Occupy Wall Street, Mortgage Crisis, Nationwide Foreclosure Investigation, Operation F, Occupy Des Moines, Occupy Minneapolis, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its seventh week of protest against income inequality, some Midwestern Occupiers are zeroing in on housing i...

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The Big Banks Lose Control of the Optics

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, Kamala Harris, Obama Administration, Anthony Bologna, Occupy Wall Street, Jamie Dimon, Zuccotti Park, Senator Dick Durbin, RICO Act, Big Banks, Tom Miller, Bank of America, Wall Street, Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Schneiderman, Susan Sarandon, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Rico, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Michael Moore, Wall Street Protests, Gina Bellafante, Naomi Klein, Business News

If the feds under Reagan could prosecute a couple of corrupt high rollers on Wall Street, why can't they do it under Obama?

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John O'Brien MA Registry of Deeds: AG Tom Miller Should Step Down

Richard Zombeck | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Essex County, Mortgage Crisis, John O'Brien, Tom Miller, Eric Schneiderman, Attorney General, Business News

John O'Brien, Registry of Deeds for Southern Essex County in Massachusetts is asking that Tom Miller, Iowa Attorney General, step down. Miller is the lead AG in the controversial settlement with the big banks on mortgage servicing fraud.

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As Government Nears Accord With Banks, Questions Swirl Over Scope Of Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Sherrod Brown, Robo-Signing, Robert Menendez, Foreclosure Fraud, Mortgage Investigation, Tom Miller, Tom Coburn, State Attorneys General, Eric Schneiderman, State AG Foreclosure, Richard Shelby, Jeff Merkley, Foreclosure Fraud Investigation, Lisa Madigan, Foreclosure Investigation, Business News

WASHINGTON -- State and federal prosecutors are pressing to complete a proposed settlement with the nation's five largest home loan companies over all...

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Mass Register John O'Brien's Presentation Draws Crowd of Recorders in Atlantic City

Richard Zombeck | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, Eric Schneiderman, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, John O'Brien, Essex-County, Massachusetts, Foreclosure Fraud, Martha Coakley, Business News

An audit examining assignments of mortgage recorded in the Essex Southern District Registry of Deeds issued to and from JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank and Bank of America during 2010 found that 75% of assignments of mortgage are invalid.

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MASS Registry of Deeds: A Household Name in Foreclosure Households

Richard Zombeck | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, John O'Brien, Hamp, Foreclosure, Massachusetts, John Boehner, Deeds, Business News

With the exception of Elizabeth Warren, there are very few heroes fighting for the little guy when it comes to consumer rights and mortgage malpractice.

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GOP Congressman vs. Elizabeth Warren

The Baseline Scenario | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, Elizabeth Warren, Occ, Shelley Moore Capito, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Cfpb, Gop, House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Department of Justice, Spencer Bachus, House Financial Services Committee, Republicans, Politics News

By Simon Johnson The Baseline Scenario Representative Spencer Bachus, Republican chair of the House Financial Services Committee, famously remarke...

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Obama Administration Scales Back Proposed Homeowner Relief Effort Over Alleged Foreclosure Abuses

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wells Fargo Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Foreclosure Fraud, Wrongful Foreclosures, Bank of America Foreclosures, Jpmorgan Chase Foreclosures, Foreclosure Abuses, Tom Miller, Foreclosure Probe, Foreclosure Investigation, Video, Business News

The Obama administration has significantly diminished a proposed homeowner relief program that initially aimed to force the nation's five largest mort...

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Tim Geithner: All Parties Will Benefit From A Quick Mortgage Settlement

Reuters | Dave Clarke and David Lawder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Market, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Senate Banking Committee, Tim Geithner, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Cfpb, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Housing and Urban Development Department, Jpmorgan and Chase, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A comprehensive settlement between U.S. authorities and banks over alleged abuses of mortgage servicing needs to be reached...

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Mortgage Industry Could Face Massive Changes That Protect Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, Foreclosure Crisis, Roy Cooper, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Fraud, Lisa Madigan, Foreclosure Investigation, Foreclosure Settlement, Business News

Federal regulators and the top law enforcement officers in all fifty states are eyeing big changes to the dysfunctional home loan industry. If these o...

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Homeowners Demand Criminal Prosecutions In Foreclosure-Fraud Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Fifty state attorneys general and nearly a dozen federal agencies are currently hashing out plans for a multibillion-dollar settlement w...

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Fraudclosure: Will State AGs Step Up to Their Moment in History?

Mary Bottari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, Financial Crisis, Big Banks, Foreclosure Fraud, Housing Crisis, Too Big to Fail Banks, Business News

Rumor has it that the 50-state attorneys general investigation into the Fraudclosure scandal is wrapping up. It's time for a backbone check.

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Groups Say Iowa AG Retreats From Promise To Be Tough On Robo-Sign Banks

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, Iowa, Foreclosures, Mortgage Servicers, Foreclosure Fraud, Financial Crisis, Robo-Signers, Tom Miller, Business News

This post has been updated The attorney general leading the investigation into "robo-signing" mortgage companies may be backtracking on promises to h...

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CHART: Florida AG's Disturbing Foreclosure Fraud Presentation

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forelosure, Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Banks, Florida, Attorneys General, Forgery, Linda Green, Flag, Tom Miller, Florida Courts, Mortgage-Backed Security, Foreclosure Fraud, Tammie Lou Kapusta, Video, Business News

In their effort to sniff out foreclosure fraud, Florida regulators followed the trails of mortgage and foreclosure paperwork into a world of alleged f...

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Top Lenders Reportedly Near Settlement With States Over Foreclosure Issues

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Tom Miller, Foreclosure Crisis, State Mortgage Settlements, Loan Servicers, Wells Fargo, Ally Financial, Bank of America, Foreclosure Lawsuits, Foreclosure Fraud, Mortgage Settlements, Citigroup, Business News

BANGALORE: The five largest mortgage loan servicers, including Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., may be the first to settle with 50 st...

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Nationwide Investigator: 'We Will Put People In Jail' For Foreclosure Fraud

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, Tom Miller, Foreclosure Crisis, Tom Miller Foreclosure Fraud, Foreclosure, Foreclosure Fraud, Politics News

The leader of a nationwide investigation of foreclosure fraud told homeowners Tuesday that the probe will have some serious consequences for bankers. ...

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Away From the Headlines

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Tom Miller, Obama Tax Cuts, Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Budget Cuts, Business News

The headline battles about the tax cut deal and the deficit commission are very big deals. But what is going on behind the curtain in the fight over banking policy and foreclosure fraud is just as important, and in some ways even more so.

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California Could Join Multistate Mortgage Probe

latimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Miller, Foreclosure Fraud California, Foreclosure Crisis, Ameriquest, Jerry Brown, Foreclosure Challenges, California Foreclosures, Foreclosure Fraud Bank of America, Foreclosure Fraud Florida, Business News

California officials are considering joining a multistate investigation of whether lenders have violated foreclosure laws when seizing houses from del...

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Iowa Attorney General Seeks To Halt Foreclosures

AP | MIKE GLOVER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Tom Miller, Tom Miller Foreclosures, Iowa Attorney General, Iowa Foreclosures, Iowa, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure, Iowa Attorney General Foreclosures, Business News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is calling on three large mortgage companies to halt foreclosure proceedings in the state wh...

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Friday Talking Points [143] -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Appeal?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, White House, Debate, Moratorium, Nowhere Man, Pentagon, Proposition 8, President Obama, Delaware, Harry Truman, Obama, Democratic Party, Yellow Submarine, Eric Holder, Friday Talking Points, Warren, Tom Miller, Military, Dadt, Town Hall, Midotw, Brown, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Foreclosure, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Christine Odonnell, Court, Foreclosure Crisis, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Miners, Federal, Executive Order, Attorney General, Nationwide Moratorium, Chile, Democrat, Miller, Chris Coons, Gay, Justice Department, Voodoo, Democrats, Barack Obama, Holder, Dolls, Judge, Sea of Holes, Holes, Mortgage, Odonnell, Wall Street, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Injunction, Iowa, Stay, Jerry Brown, Crisis, Banks, Brass, Desegregation, Coons, Chilean Miners, Poodoo, Politics News

[OK, that was rather a fun title to write, but I have to at least begin with a warning that, while today's column is almost completely Obama-centric i...

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Foreclosure Fraud Inquiry Planned By Up To 40 States

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Foreclosures, Affidavits, Attorneys General, Robo Signers, Gmac, Pnc, Tom Miller, JPMorgan Chase, Financial Crisis, Ally, Foreclosure Moratorium, Foreclosure Fraud, Business News

WASHINGTON — The attorneys general of up to 40 states plan to announce soon a joint investigation into banks' use of flawed foreclosure paperwor...

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