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Home » Wells Fargo Denies Claims of Improper Use of Bankruptcy Laws to Force Debtors to Accept Illegal Loan Modifications
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Wells Fargo Denies Claims of Improper Use of Bankruptcy Laws to Force Debtors to Accept Illegal Loan Modifications

June 22, 2017
Wells Fargo Bank finds itself in yet another legal quagmire, accused of illegally making “stealth modifications” to mortgage payments of borrowers in bankruptcy without their permission – a charge the bank vehemently denies. A class-action lawsuit filed recently in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina alleges that Wells Fargo made unauthorized mortgage modifications that neither the bankrupt debtors, their attorneys nor the bankruptcy court requested or approved. In some cases, 30-year loans were...
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