Monday May 21, 2012

Bank foreclosure fraud reaches settlement

State and federal officials will announce Thursday morning a landmark settlement with five of the nation’s banks over their flawed and fraudulent foreclosure practices.
Long-running negotiations over the estimated $25 billion settlement received a m…

State and federal officials will announce Thursday morning a landmark settlement with five of the nation’s banks over their flawed and fraudulent foreclosure practices.

Long-running negotiations over the estimated $25 billion settlement received a major boost Wednesday when California ­Attorney General Kamala Harris agreed to back the effort after withdrawing her support last fall, according to three people with knowledge of the talks, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized.

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