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With hundreds of Floridians filing complaints about troubles with their lenders over home mortgages, state and federal officials say they're ramping up efforts to improve the process for borrowers who need a loan modification. Florida attorney general...
Tags: loan modifications, Bank of America, Florida Attorney General
Network TV over the past five years may be eligible for restitution under a $6 million settlement announced Thursday by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum . Florida is one of 46 states reaching an agreement with the satellite television provider over...
Tags: dish networks, attorney generals, Florida Attorney General, sales practices, Dish Network LLC, pay nearly, Maryland Dish Network, Dish Network Corp., unfair sales, settling allegations
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has carried a part-time workload for the past two months, according to his schedule posted on his website. McCollum, a Republican who announced his candidacy for governor on May 18, has worked an average of about...
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In his first major speech as the Republican front-runner for governor, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum sought to link his likely Democratic opponent, Alex Sink, with the ''socialism'' advocated by President Barack Obama. McCollum told about 400...
Party leaders typically stay out of primaries, allowing voters to annoint the strongest nominee...Faster than a voter can say 2010, Florida's party elders are throwing protocol out the window and pulling out the stops on behalf of their front-running...
Tags: Bill McCollum, Florida Attorney General, Alex Sink, Orlando, GOP Cabinet
CEO Angelo Mozilo must face a lawsuit over allegations of deceptive business practices in state court in Florida, a judge ruled...Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego remanded the case back to Florida circuit court, saying there was no basis for federal jurisdiction.
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In the wake of a rash of mortgage fraud related scams, Florida’s attorney general has set up a new Web site designed to help homeowners. The Web site, at http://myfloridalegal.com/mortgagefraud, provides homeowners with access to investigations, complaint...
Federal fugitive Jerome Howard Feldman was captured in the Philippines and currently being detained on Guam. The 67-year-old has been wanted by the FBI since 2001 for a scheme involving promises of providing organ transplant surgeries to his victims,...
Tags: Jerome Howard Feldman, organ transplants, Guam, Jerome Feldman, U.S.District Court, Philippines, Florida Attorney General
Consumers would have to give their social security numbers to these companies, but later realized their claims were never processed. McCollum says it's unthinkable that a con artist would try to victimize someone who is jobless and looking for help....
Tags: Florida Attorney General
City Commissioner Mary Lancaster filed a complaint with the Florida Office of the Attorney General, charging her fellow commissioners with disenfranchising minority residents. In a Feb. 5 letter to Attorney General Bill McCollum, Lancaster wrote that...