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Wells Fargo Sued for Improper FHA Lending

October 12, 2012
The FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund appears poised for another potential settlement infusion following this week’s announcement of a federal lawsuit against Wells Fargo Bank for alleged reckless underwriting and fraudulent loan certifications on thousands of FHA-insured loans that ultimately defaulted. Filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, the lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of engaging in “a long standing and reckless trifecta of deficient training, deficient underwriting and deficient disclosure, while relying on the convenient backstop of government insurance.” Ten years of Wells Fargo’s alleged misconduct ...
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