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Home » Lenders Brace Themselves as Probes Begin Over Accusations Related to VA Refinance Fees
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Lenders Brace Themselves as Probes Begin Over Accusations Related to VA Refinance Fees

October 27, 2011
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been called upon to take the lead in investigating allegations that a number of the largest mortgage lenders in the country may have systematically charged illegal fees to military veterans who refinanced their homes. Sen. Jon Tester, D-MT, a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, sent a letter to Holder recently requesting he get involved in a probe to determine the veracity of the accusations. Earlier this month, a complaint was unsealed in federal court in which two whistleblower types accused the lenders of charging refinance fees that are...
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