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June 27, 2008
Countrywide's Litigation Problems Growing
Countrywide Financial Corp.'s litigation problems are growing as California and Washington state officials filed separate complaints against the giant mortgage lender for its lending practices. California Attorney General Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr. has sued Countrywide and its chairman Angelo Mozilo and president David Sambol for allegedly using deceptive practices to "push" borrower into complex, risky, and expensive loans they did not understand and could not afford so the company could sell as many loans as possible to Wall Street securitizers at the highest premiums.
Posted by S. Germain at June 27, 2008 08:31 AM