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October 13, 2010

Lawyer: Lenders Hired Workers with No Experience to Approve Foreclosures
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The developments come amidst emerging details of the lenders’ practices.
On Tuesday, a Florida attorney representing hundreds of homeowners
released depositions of bank employees describing the frenzy to approve
foreclosures on a mass scale. The lawyer, Peter Ticktin, says he deposed
150 workers who say they signed foreclosure affidavits without looking
at them. Some of the workers had no experience and received no training
after previously working as hairstylists, Wal-Mart floor workers, and
assembly line employees.



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