BANKING & REAL ESTATE FRAUD
Forsberg v. The Land Court, Sun Trust, Harmon Law, Today Real Estate, CA 10-
Monday, May 16, 2011
Foreclosure Mills Exposed
Forsberg v. The Land Court, Sun Trust, Harmon Law, Today Real Estate, CA 10-
Harmon Law investigated by the state attorney general.
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http://articles.boston.com/2010-
Jenifer B. McKim can be reached at jmckim@globe.com.
“Harmon Law Offices, a Newton firm that specializes in foreclosures, is being investigated
by the state attorney general’s office for allegedly unlawfully sending eviction
notices to residents of bank-
State officials want to determine whether Harmon Law failed to comply with a new Massachusetts law that protects tenants living in foreclosed homes from eviction, a spokesman for Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday.
Coakley said her office also is looking into allegations that Harmon Law disregarded a court order requiring it to notify the state before foreclosing on homes with mortgages originated by subprime lender Fremont Investment & Loan.
The investigation comes as state and federal regulators nationwide are stepping up
scrutiny of lenders and their law firms for sloppy or fraudulent foreclosure-
Coakley’s office notified Harmon Law on Sept. 30 about its investigation and requested the company provide documents related to “unfair and deceptive trade practices,’’ according to a court filing.
...the firm also argues that its clients, who are mortgage lenders, actually carried out the evictions.
The firm, led by Mark P. Harmon, represents banks in foreclosure proceedings against
homeowners. That includes serving eviction notices to tenants living in foreclosed
homes. A Massachusetts law that makes it more difficult for a bank to evict a tenant
for the purposes of marketing and selling a home took effect on August 7, 2010. The
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http://www.publicintegrity.org/blog/entry/2573/
Coakley said her office also is looking into allegations that Harmon Law disregarded a court order requiring it to notify the state before foreclosing on homes with mortgages originated by subprime lender Fremont Investment & Loan.
Updated: 3/10/2011, 6:28 pm | A law firm with connections to the attorney at the
center of a Florida foreclosure scandal is under investigation by the Massachusetts
attorney general’s office for unlawfully evicting tenants of bank-
The investigation came to light on Monday, when Harmon Law Offices in Newton, Mass. responded in state court to a demand by investigators in Martha Coakley’s office to produce documents related to several foreclosures. (Hat tip to Stopforeclosurefraud.com).
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Dr Renugopalakrishnan Member since Mar 29, 2009
Upton, Massachusetts
“Harmon Law is
a collection of priceless crooks, no heart, no ethics, marauders, should be treated
as facilitators of economic crimes. They are the equivalent of Osama Bin Laden in
bringing the US economy to a near depression. They should be indicted, convicted,
sentenced to a hard prison term.”
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...”But here in front of Ice were dozens of assignments notarized with stamps that hadn't even existed until months—in some cases nearly a year — after the foreclosures were filed. Which meant Stern's people were foreclosing first and doing their legal paperwork later. In effect, it also meant they were lying to the court — an act that could get a lawyer disbarred or even prosecuted. "There's no question that it's pervasive," says Tom Ice of the backdated documents...”
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CID No. 2010-
Date Issued: September 30, 2010
To Harmon Law Offices, P.C.
P.O. Box 610345
Newton Highlands, MA 02461-
The Attorney General issues this Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) to Harmon Law Offices, P.C. (“Harmon”) pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 93A, ? 6, which authorizes the Attorney General to investigate possible unfair and deceptive methods, acts or practices in violation or Chapter 93A, Section 2(a). This investigation relates to allegationsthat Harmon has engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices related to violations of G.L. c, 186A by serving unfair and deceptive Notices to Quit on residential tenants in Massachusetts.
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