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Is the arrow still pointing down for the housing industry?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 15, 2009
...year-and-a-half. Personally, I don't know if I can take 18 more months of fretting about rising foreclosures, homes that won't sell and mortgage delinquencies. It's all too darn depressing...
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Do you still have faith in Obama's stimulus plans?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 10, 2009
...e is stuck at 9.5 percent, and is likely to climb higher before it falls. At the same time, housing foreclosures are still at record levels. And housing prices, though they've inched upwards durin...
Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 9, 2009
...m to get bailed out: Simply put, you don't want your home surrounded by foreclosed properties.
Foreclosures drag down housing prices for everyone else. If you need to sell your house, it's aw...
Los Angeles leads nation in mortgage fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 8, 2009
... you own a home in Los Angeles, watch out for the scammers. Your city leads the nation in mortgage fraud , according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud review.
The FBI's Los Angeles field of...
Beware loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 7, 2009
If you want to read a chilling story, try this one published yesterday by the Los Angeles Times. It details the devastating effects that loan-modification scammers can have on their victims.
The Times' story details the plight of a Hesperia, Calif., homeowner who thought she was working with ...
Will California drag down the United States?
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
.... The state has an unemployment rate of 11.5%, higher than the national figure, and there have mass foreclosures. As the San Francisco Chronicle tells us, they just have one month to balance budget....
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
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As part of his efforts to protect consumers, and keep the country from suffering another wave of foreclosures, Pres. Barack Obama has called for the creation of a new consumer protection agency. Th...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
... with it. "There may not be anyone who can improve on the scale and ingenuity of Madoff's fraud. However, it is a recurring theme in human nature that someone in the next decades will try to...
Dragging out the foreclosure mess
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 26, 2009
...r mortgage bills. But they're still living in their homes. That's because there are so many foreclosures taking place, that banks are behind on taking back foreclosed properties . That leaves...
Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
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The global stimulus packages are likely to provide massive opportunities for fraud, according to a report from risk consultancy Kroll . According to the report, corruption could swipe about $500 ...
NFL Week 6
in End Zone Buzz, on June 19, 2009
...nd promised to appear in Texas to face burglary and like 7 counts of drug related charges involving fraud and delivery.
Ouch!
So I wonder... as a disgruntled fan, can I get a refund out of some of...
A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...e to think all that. Unfortunately, I can't.
What I really think is that the number of housing foreclosures is only going to rise in the coming months. And, unfortunately, many economic analysts ...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...me buyers. (Of course, these rules haven't done much to stall the still-growing wave of housing foreclosures sweeping the nation.)
Under the administration's proposal, the new agency would re...
Does owning a home have to be the American Dream?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 17, 2009
...gage meltdown the country is currently suffering through.
You know all about the meltdown: Housing foreclosures are soaring. Owners are walking away from their homes, giving up hope of paying their m...
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Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
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Bernard Madoff, who has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud, money laudnering, perjury and theft, faces up to 150 years in jail. And his victims want exactly that! The New York Times reports ...
How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
...ain reasons that the mortgage industry is dealing with a record number of delinquencies and housing foreclosures today.
Be sure to check out the NPR show. It takes just one hour, but after those 60 m...
Want a better credit score? Manage your money
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 12, 2009
...g out mortgage money too freely during the housing boom, something that led to the record number of foreclosures we're seeing today.
But how can you boost your own credit score before applying fo...
Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
... the Australian Crime Commission that organized crime syndicates could cash in on the pandemic with fraud, robbery and a black market in bootleg medicine. The Commission warned: "Criminal groups ...
Rising healthcare costs put strain on homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 4, 2009
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Unemployment across the nation is at record highs. Foreclosures are, too. Of course, the two are related.
But unemployment isn't the only factor in the rise of mortgage delinquencies and hou...
Mortgage delinquencies not slowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 2, 2009
...industry. Really. I'd like to wake up one morning, open the paper and read this headline: "Foreclosures fall to record lows!"
Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be reading that p...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
It only seems as if the housing slump, and the national recession that followed it, have been going on forever. The housing slowdown, though, didn't start until the middle of 2006 or so.
The problem is, when you read the newspapers or listen to the radio, it's hard to remember that the...
More housing woes
in Sox First, on May 29, 2009
...at are the main cause of the problem. Prime fixed-rate loans now represent the largest share of new foreclosures. In other words, the crisis has now gripped the middle class with more people losing th...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
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Conrad Black's appeal against his fraud conviction will have massive implications on the system, regardless of what the decision is. Black, as we know, was convicted two year ago of a a $6.1-m...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...d others? Did PwC leadership - US, global, and Indian- enable and perhaps promote complicity in the fraud called 'India's Enron' for the sake of their consulting business strategy? Did Sat...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...It's clear that the Obama administration wants to see fewer housing foreclosures. That makes sense: Housing foreclosures help no one. The banks certainly don't want these homes back. Foreclosu...
Will credit card bill stall mortgage foreclosures?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 20, 2009
...;s a big financial burden.
Is there a relation between this spiraling credit card debt and housing foreclosures? Probably. It's hard to make your mortgage payments when you're already deep in...
More bad news: Housing foreclosure activity remains at record levels
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 14, 2009
You can always count on RealtyTrac for bad news, at least these days.
The online provider of foreclosure data didn't disappoint this month, when it released its April foreclosure report . The report showed that housing foreclosure activity remained at record levels during the month.
Acc...
GAO slams SEC
in Sox First, on May 9, 2009
...ies and Exchange Commissions stuffed up big time with Bernard Madoff, letting him get away with his fraud for some time. It failed to do its job and protect investors. Now a Government Accountabilit...
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Ratings agency crackdowns
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...ard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings are being sued for negligence fraud and deceit and as Frank Partnoy, a professor at the San Diego School of Law and a former deriv...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
... accountability for the bailout funds being put up by US taxpayers. Clearly, the system is open to fraud and now we have the Los Angeles Times telling us of criminal probes into possible securities...
The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 10, 2009
...nce, and people start spending again. But William Black , Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention warns that this amounts to a cover up. In an interview with Bill Moyers , Black sa...
ATM Skimmers are High Tech Robbery
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 10, 2009
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I know about ATM skimmers, and in general I know they are a bad thing. What I didn't know is that their use across the globe and throughout the US is dramatically on the rise. If you aren't familiar with ATM skimmers, they are a ATM/credit card reader that fit over the card ...
Supermarket looting: a sign of things to come
in Sox First, on March 20, 2009
...itain that recession related robberies are on the rise and other reports of a massive increase in fraud. With no sign of recovery, people are getting desperate. It's a trend that will continue ...
Maddoff's accountant: bring on the rest
in Sox First, on March 19, 2009
... Exchange Commission charging Bernard Madoff's accountant David G. Friehling, with securities fraud, aiding and abetting investment adviser fraud, and four counts of filing false audit reports r...
Mortgage fraud and AIG
in Sox First, on March 17, 2009
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Mortgage fraud is on the rise, up 26% , and it's a serious problem. Fewer loans are being processed but there's more fraud, suggesting there is a real sickness in the system. It means peo...
Madoff to jail, SEC in the dog house
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
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So Bernard Madoff is now in jail after pleading guilty to 11 charges including securities fraud. And he has apologised to the investors he scammed, claiming he was "painfully aware" th...
Tour Gets Burned Again
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009
...s burst - an unpleasant characteristic often manifests, according to Socionomics: rampant cheating, fraud and financial exploitation.
Bernie Madoff is one human face we can put to that characterist...
The Stanford-Madoff connection
in Sox First, on February 22, 2009
..., a clear and worrying pattern is emerging. Allen Stanford and Bernard Madoff are the first two big frauds that have come out of this meltdown and they won't be the last. Furthermore, both cases r...
Madoff and the conspiracy of silence
in Sox First, on February 16, 2009
...es and Exchange Commission had looked the other way and allowed Bernard Madoff to get away with his fraud. Now, the New York Post reports that bankers thought Madoff was a shyster but kept shtum. &...
The Screws Tighten
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 6, 2009
...t means that however creative golf courses get to attract and keep business, it may not be enough.
Foreclosures in residential real estate continue to climb in 2009; next on the list is commercial re...
What are different forms of supply chain fraud?
in Supplychainer, on January 31, 2009
... I read a blog post in Supply Chain Network on supply chain fraud (Read it here ) which was mentioning that in every step of the value chain, there are opportunities for fraud and these can have d...
Bailout transparency problems continue
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
... "big bang" announcement next week that will see a bank clean-up, measures to reduce home foreclosures and moves to to kick-start credit markets. The FT says the measures might include the p...
Internetbetrug bei Hotelbuchungen floriert
in kinkaa blog - das Blog zur Reisesuchmaschine, on January 30, 2009
Bin über folgende News von pressetext. deutschland gestolpert und frage mich gerade, ob es sich wohl um ein reines US Phänomen handelt. Hierzulande habe ich bis jetzt noch nicht von solchen Fällen speziell im Hotelbereich gehört.
Also Obacht da draussen, vor falschen Hotelseiten. Wir werden mit Sich...
Ponzi schemes proliferate
in Sox First, on January 28, 2009
...nevitable more Ponzi schemes would come to light. For a good reason too. With every bubble there is fraud. Look behind every bubble and you'll find the cousins of fraud, greed and unchecked enthus...
Mayor Of Gulfport Mississippi Charged With Committing "Katrina" Fraud
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 28, 2009
...Brent Warr, the mayor of Gulfport Mississippi and his wife, Laura Jean Warr, have been charged with fraud in connection with a liability insurance claim they filed.
The couple also defrauded FEMA, an...
Financial crisis to drive fraud claims
in Sox First, on January 22, 2009
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The financial meltdown will result in more fraud claims and legal disputes, according to the latest report from risk management consultants Kroll . The alarming part about this report is the war...
Lessons from Siemens
in Sox First, on January 19, 2009
Siemens is upbeat about its chances of getting its insurers to pay a big chunk of the $1.3 billion it paid to settle corruption probes in the United States and Germany. And that's a worry because it leaves you wondering whether the company has learned any lessons from the debacle. Law...
The Effect of Satyam's Revelation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 10, 2009
...stantial pressure to show results, particularly as the world economy deteriorated .
Whether the fraudulent statements by Satyam or the Indian governments late-but-strong reaction to it will affect...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
Implicit in the conflation of agile operations with fragile support is a requirement that your users have access to services which are at once flexible and scalable and which are also efficient for your business to provide. When you put those three words together, the next thing you come to is i...
The Madoff lawsuits roll in
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
It had to happen. Bernard Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme is turning into a lawyers' picnic with the lawsuits rolling in. First, we have reports that a New York woman, Phyllis Molchatsky, is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission after losing $2 million investing with Mado...
The Madoff scandal: now for the auditors
in Sox First, on December 23, 2008
...et Journal. He 'responded evasively,' the SEC memo said. "Mr. Madoff was charged with fraud after authorities say he told his sons that the investment-management business was a 'gian...
Madoff fallout continues to spread
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
... that the FBI is now diverting agents from its counter-terrorism divisions to focus on Madoff's fraud schemes. What's clear now is that you can't have a fraud of that size without some ass...
SEC and Madoff: shutting the stable gate after the horse has bolted
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...n Christopher Cox announcing an in-house investigation into why it did not detect the $50 billion fraud case sooner. Cox has admitted has the SEC screwed up badly. "The Commission has learned ...
Will there be more Madoffs?
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
...s Bernard Madoff a sign of things to come? Will there be more like him? Is Madoff's $50 billion fraud a sign of things to come? These are valid questions because Madoff was the product of a dysfu...
More law suits for big tobacco
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
... the way they promote light and low tar brands. Basically, the court has allowed smokers to sue for fraud. It is, as the New York Times points out, a fraught issue because fraud claims are not suite...
How Madoff played the SEC for suckers
in Sox First, on December 15, 2008
Over the weekend, I did a blog entry condemning the Securities and Exchange Commission for ignoring the warnings it was receiving about swindler Bernard Madoff. Now Bloomberg reports that the SEC never even bothered to inspect his investment advisory business. This was despite the fact that...
Madoff and SEC neglect
in Sox First, on December 13, 2008
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The extraordinary $50 billion fraud and Ponzi scheme that Wall Street legend Bernard Madoff is accused of is bad enough. But what is more remarkable are the questions about federal regulators. W...
No quick fix for US housing market
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
... only have one president at a time. My problem is, at a time of great crisis and [massive] mortgage foreclosures. ... I am afraid that overstates the number of presidents." Fixing the housing ma...
RFID ePass: Entire boarding ritual at airport will now be a breeze
in The RFID Weblog, on December 2, 2008
...ag identifier and number sequence and does not include any kind of personal information. Chances of fraud are negligible as customer would have to be present self during the entire process.This entire...
Auditors can't beat fraud
in Sox First, on November 25, 2008
...g entry suggesting that it might be easy to pull the wool over auditors' eyes when it comes to fraud.
Now a piece in CIO Today, Investigations or Audits: Fraud vs. Innocent Mistakes reaffirms...
Bailout blues won't stop foreclosures
in Sox First, on November 13, 2008
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The sorry state of the US housing market has become even more apparent with price crashing and foreclosures rising 25% in October, according to the latest reports . But what makes it more appall...
Obama's to-do list
in Sox First, on November 7, 2008
...rk Times makes important reading. Apart from the stimulus package, he will have to stop more home foreclosures, changing the bankruptcy laws to allow judges to reset mortgages. Expect more protectio...
House sales rise, no recovery
in Sox First, on October 28, 2008
...les prices are at their lowest in four years. There are some obvious reasons for the price drop. Foreclosures are driving down prices, according to housing analysts and RealtyTrac says received...
Black blogs from cell
in Sox First, on October 24, 2008
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Jailed for more than six years for Fraud, Conrad Black is "working", even if it's for gratis, for Tina Brown's web venture The Daily Beast . The disgraced businessman has taken...
Major Cybercrime Site Shut Down
in I got Spam?!, on October 18, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 5697450 The site, called DarkMarket, was kept secret and access was granted by invitation only. Its forum allowed cyberthieves to buy and sell stolen banking details and credit card numbers obtained via phishing scams and website hacks. It also served as a ...
Single Family Offices Investing in Hedge Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 16, 2008
...y" as a key concern. Other concerns sited include lock-up periods (60%), style drift (55%) and fraud (37%)
More at; Survey Shows Nearly 75% of Single Family Offices Invest in Hedge Funds, With ...
Casinos find a safe bet in RFID
in The RFID Weblog, on October 10, 2008
...ted casino owners in several ways:
• It has offered them protection against any form of internal fraud or counterfeiting
• Improved their relations with guests
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