Mortgage Fraud – MERS & The Forclosure Crisis; Is failure to report a marriage considered tax fraud?

Any use of fraud or deception to manipulate true eligibility on a loan application represents mortgage fraud, a federal crime. Mortgage fraud goes by numerous names, such as wire fraud and bank fraud, and if indicted, can end in a prison sentence of as many as 30 years. Numerous average examples of mortgage fraud are false record of employment, income inflation, false appraisal, and identity theft. Conversely, it also quite illegal for a bank to make false claims or deny data pertaining the loan to a potential borrower this is also fraud, commonly called predatory mortgage lending. Under the Truth in Lending Act, a lender is accountable for submitting and explaining all terms of a mortgage to the home owner, Including interest rates and hidden fees. MersCorp was formed in the early 1990s by the former CEOs of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Indy Mac, Countrywide, Stewart Title Insurance and the American Land Title Association. www.mymortgagenote.org
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Question by dubsnspokes: Is failure to report a marriage considered tax fraud?
If you are married and one spouse files taxes as saying married filing separately and the other person files as single is this tax fraud? What if one party lets his/her parents claim them while the other files married filing separately?

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Answer by bud68
Yes.

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What happens to the second mortgage when the first mortgage forecloses?; Dallas Revises MERS Filing-Fee Suit to Add All Texas Counties

Dick Morris explains the reasons behind the double dip in real estate and housing prices. He blames Obama’s plans to raise taxes and his efforts to repeal the mortgage interest deduction.

Question by Painted Jezebel: What happens to the second mortgage when the first mortgage forecloses?
I am going through a foreclosure on my first mortgage, what are my options with dealing with the second mortgage? Any legitimate websites with guides for dealing with the aftermath of foreclosure would also be appreciated.

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Answer by Real Estate Guy
read this article. It should explain http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041101914.html

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Dallas Revises MERS Filing-Fee Suit to Add All Texas Counties
2 (Bloomberg) — Dallas County, Texas, is seeking to represent all counties in the state in its lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. over unpaid filing fees. Dallas filed the complaint in September,
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