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November 22, 2011

New York Foreclosure Firm That Mocked Homeless to Close Down 
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A New York law firm criticized for mocking the homeless is closing.
Steven J. Baum P.C. is one of the largest-volume mortgage foreclosure
firms in the state. Last month, leaked photos published by the New York
Times showed employees of the firm dressed up as foreclosure victims,
squatters and homeless people at a 2010 Halloween party. Their office
was decorated to look like a row of foreclosed homes. The firm has been
under investigation by the New York attorney general’s office and has
agreed to a $2 million fine for filing misleading documents in state and
federal courts.



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