{"id":1740,"date":"2014-02-12T21:04:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2014-02-12T21:04:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:04:21","slug":"u-s-wants-to-add-1-23-billion-to-bank-of-americas-tab-for-countrywide-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/proseaction\/?p=1740","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Wants To Add $1.23 Billion To Bank Of America\u2019s Tab For Countrywide Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/01\/30\/u-s-wants-to-add-1-23-billion-to-bank-of-americas-tab-for-countrywide-scam\/','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/bofaperspective.png?fit=440%2C330\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/01\/30\/u-s-wants-to-add-1-23-billion-to-bank-of-americas-tab-for-countrywide-scam\/\\'&gt;U.S. Wants To Add $1.23 Billion To Bank Of America\\'s Tab For Countrywide Scam&lt;\/a&gt;Back in October, a federal jury found Bank of America liable for a Countrywide Financial program that deliberately sold piles of worthless loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the housing bubble went kaflooey. At the time, prosecutors had only sought $864 million in penalties, but now the Justice Dept.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fconsumerist.com%2F2014%2F01%2F30%2Fu-s-wants-to-add-1-23-billion-to-bank-of-americas-tab-for-countrywide-scam%2F\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/consumerist.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Consumerist&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/bofaperspective.png?fit=440%2C330\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' target='_blank' href='http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2014\/01\/30\/u-s-wants-to-add-1-23-billion-to-bank-of-americas-tab-for-countrywide-scam\/'>U.S. Wants To Add $1.23 Billion To Bank Of America&#8217;s Tab For Countrywide Scam<\/a>Back in October, a federal jury found Bank of America liable for a Countrywide Financial program that deliberately sold piles of worthless loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the housing bubble went kaflooey. At the time, prosecutors had only sought $864 million in penalties, but now the Justice Dept.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fconsumerist.com%2F2014%2F01%2F30%2Fu-s-wants-to-add-1-23-billion-to-bank-of-americas-tab-for-countrywide-scam%2F\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Consumerist<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Wants To Add $1.23 Billion To Bank Of America&#8217;s Tab For Countrywide ScamBack in October, a federal jury found Bank of America liable for a Countrywide Financial program that deliberately sold piles of worthless loans to Fannie Mae and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/proseaction\/?p=1740\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proseaction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}