Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Attorney General Moves to Recover Homeowner Damages

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is going after foreclosure attorney David J. Stern in state court in an aggressive effort to speed up the court case against the foreclosure kingpin. The state’s top prosecutor has filed a motion asking the Fourth District Court of Appeal to certify a decision that makes a recent decision a case of “great public importance.”

Stern and his law office are accused of illegally foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homeowners in the U.S. robo-signing scandal by forging court documents to push the foreclosures quickly through Florida courts. The Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a decision stating that the Attorney General’s office lacked authority under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act to subpoena records from Stern as part of its investigation.

Read the rest of the article at Housing Predictor

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