Cientos de manifestantes de todo el pais van a Washington para reunirse con los 50 fiscales generales en la capital de la nacion, exigiendo acciones penales contra los banqueros y administradores de hipotecas acusados de fraude hipotecario y otros abusos.



WASHINGTON - Cientos de manifestantes de todo el país fueron a una reunión de los 50 fiscales generales estatales
en la capital del país el lunes, exigiendo acciones penales para los banqueros y administradores de hipotecas acusados de fraude por ejecución hipotecaria y otros abusos.

"Esposas para los CEOs! Los criminales corporativos tienen que irse!" manifestantes corearon durante un evento una hora de duración fuera del Hotel Fairmont, agitando pancartas con lemas como: "Hacer que Wall Street pague!" y "Envia la cuenta a Wall Street." [Ver video más abajo]

State AGs and several federal regulatory agencies are currently hammering out the terms of a settlement on allegedly wrongful foreclosures, with reports suggesting a potential maximum fine of $20 billion. Calling that amount "chump change," protesters said any fair settlement would include criminal prosecutions against bankers, restitution for homeowners banks have already mistreated, and a national loan modification program to limit future foreclosures.

El actual esfuerzo del gobierno para la prevención de la ejecución hipotecaria, el Home Affordable Modification Program, ha estado plagado de errores bancarios y los supuestos abusos que el Departamento del Tesoro no ha
logrado frenar en protesta del lunes en Fairmont fue una de las orquestada por la Acción Nacional Popular, una coalición de activistas de la vecindad y de la comunidad.

Los manifestantes también corearon frente a las oficinas del Contralor de la Moneda, un regulador del banco federal informa perseguir un pequeño asentamiento de dólares. Desde temprano, los miembros del NPA tuvieron que cerrar brevemente una sucursal de Washington DC, del Bank of América, cuando cientos de manifestantes se presentaron para protestar contra las prácticas del banco por la ejecución hipotecaria. El domingo, cientos de manifestantes protestaron en la casa de Georgetown, del Bank of America, miembro del consejo de Charles Rossotti.

NPA organized the protests to highlight a new report analyzing tax breaks that allowed the six largest banks to pay an average tax rate of just 11 percent in 2009 and 2010. Bank of America and Wells Fargo have both secured multibillion-dollar tax refunds in recent years.

At the AG event, demonstrators accused banks of committing widespread fraud, citing a broad array of abuses: evicting people who had already paid off their mortgage, charging illegal fees and illegally inflating home appraisals, among others. Some protesters said banks had failed to follow through on commitments to modify improper loans, while another said her bank denied a short sale and foreclosed on her because, the bank said, it had lost her paperwork.

Such complaints have become commonplace at homeowner assistance organizations. The National Consumer Law Center has reported that in half of the foreclosure cases they work on, the foreclosures were caused by bank errors, not homeowner shortcomings.

In recent interviews with HuffPost, several lawmakers and top policymakers also bemoaned a mortgage system which they said has become lawless.

"I've talked to a few people on the investor side of the mortgage-backed securities business, and they said doing business with Wall Street now is like doing business with oligarchs in Russia," Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) said. "You have to factor in the fact that contracts are not enforceable when you're dealing with these banks."

"I am incensed that the FBI has not filed one criminal case," Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) said, referring to the lack of prosecutions against major banking executives. "And I'm very worried that the game that's being played here is to run out the statute of limitations."

Several banks have been sanctioned by the Federal Trade Commission over illegal fees charged to borrowers, but advocates note that these settlements were tiny relative to the scope of the problem, and appear to have failed to curb such behavior. The FTC settled with Bear Stearns for $28 million in September 2008, and hit Countrywide for $108 million in June of last year. By that point, however, both companies had already been absorbed by other Wall Street financial institutions.

Several other regulators have jurisdiction over bank activities, though, and a broad investigation into mortgage servicers -- the bank divisions that collect payments and process foreclosures -- has revealed "widespread" problems and "broken" systems, according to Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Raskin.

In December, NPA members met with Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who vowed to "put people in jail" following a 50-state investigation into foreclosure abuses. Current reports on settlement negotiations, however, have given no indication that criminal charges will be part of any deal.

Foreclosure Protesters Descend On Washington

(PD: He traducido alguna cosilla tirando del traductor de google y arreglado los desaguisados. Pero no está todo)

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?Como era el rollo ese de los neoliberatas¿....mmmmm, ah, si....!el mercado lo regula todo!....!confiad en el!

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Es dificil hablar de libertad de mercado cuando los politicos obligaron a los bancos a dar creditos a lo loco,
Para eso crearon las aseguradoras Fannie Mae y Freddie Mac , que aseguraban a los bancos de las locuras que les obligaban a hacer los politicos ,

Si los politicos desvirtuan los mercados no se por que la culpa se la tiene que llevar el mercado