Ohio AG On BofA Fixing Bogus Foreclosure Document Problem In A Matter Of Weeks: "We Are Certainly Not Just Going To Take Their Word For It!"

Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray recently offered the following statement in response to reports that Bank of America plans to restart foreclosures on borrowers in 23 states where issues of possibly fraudulent documentation have been raised:

• “While I would not presume to speak for all 50 state attorneys general, from my own standpoint, we will want to be very careful in reviewing whatever their revised process purports to be. I would caution that they still have significant financial exposure in many, many cases if they are now acknowledging that the evidence that they previously submitted to the courts was fraudulent.
  
  “Those previous submissions remain subject to possible sanctions and penalties by the courts and so Bank of America would be well-advised to consider aggressively pursuing loan modifications as a means of resolving those cases by agreement rather than pushing toward a court order that may involve sanctions and penalties for their prior misconduct.
  
  “You have to remember, these are the same people who have essentially acknowledged that they committed fraud in perhaps tens of thousands of cases. Now they tell us that they have fixed the problem in a matter of weeks. We are certainly not just going to take their word for it.”

For the Ohio AG press release, see Cordray Is “Deeply Concerned” as Bank of America Announces Move to Resume Foreclosures.

(1) Ohio homeowners who have questions about the litigation against GMAC/Ally or investigations into foreclosure fraud by other banks or mortgage servicers can contact the Ohio Attorney General’s office at ForeclosureFraud@OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov. Cordray also urged Ohioans with knowledge of foreclosure fraud to contact his office via the new e-mail address and share what they know. “Investigations are put in place to gather evidence, and that is what we are aiming to do here with the help of the public.”