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Stay In My Home PA Bankruptcy Creates Mess For Thousands Of People

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Bankruptcy Of Mark Stopa’s Former Firm, Stay In My Home PA Creates Mess For Thousands Of Former Clients There good news and bad news for former clients of Mark Stopa’s former law firm, Stay In My Home PA. Here’s the good news. The bankruptcy judge has ordered a temporary halt to all court proceedings for Stopa’s former clients. This includes all circuit court and appellate court actions that Stopa and his former firm are the counsel of record. The bankruptcy court overseeing the bankruptcy of Stay In My Home PA issued the emergency order effective until November 6th. This could give hundreds of Florida homeowners a temporary respite from the threat of foreclosure. Stay in My Home PA filed a petition for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation on October 2nd. Bankruptcy Trustee Meininger filed the emergency motion. He stated it has been challenging to identify the cases because paper records are incomplete. In addition, Meininger is unable to access Stay In My Home PA’s elec
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Florida Foreclosure Mills Got Bailed Out By The Florida Supreme Court

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The Florida Supreme Court’s Bartram Decision Was Nothing More Than A Bailout For Florida Foreclosure Mills Homeowners began beating Florida foreclosure mills about five years ago. Thus, they were able to keep their home mortgage-free. However, they were winning because of some dramatic court showdown reminiscent of  Roe v.  Wade or  Brown v. Board of Education. The argument was a pretty simple one and it started an avalanche of homeowner victories across Florida. Florida foreclosure mills and Florida courts had a backlog of foreclosure cases because of the financial crisis. It also didn’t help that David Stern’s office went belly up. The mismanagement of foreclosures cases handled by foreclosure mills was common throughout Florida. Then one day a foreclosure defense attorney had an idea. He argued that lenders were only allowed to file a foreclosure case against a homeowner within five years of sending them a letter of acceleration letter. The lawyer cited Florida’s statute
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Stay In My Home PA Files Bankruptcy Amid Mark Stopa Legal Troubles

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Mark Stopa’s Former Law Firm, Stay In My Home PA Officially Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Stay In My Home PA  is officially bankrupt. The former law firm of Florida foreclosure defense attorney Mark Stopa declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday. The petition by Stay In My Home PA estimates the number of people and businesses owed money by the firm to be between 1,000 and 5,000. It includes the names and addresses of hundreds of individuals from all over Florida. Most of these individuals appear to be homeowners who had hired Stopa’s firm to keep them from foreclosure. The petition estimates the firm’s assets at $50,000 to $100,000. The petition also states that its liabilities are between $100,000 and $500,000. The Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing for Stay In My Home PA means the firm is liquidating any and all assets. Attorney Richard Mockler took over Stopa’s practice in July and signed the petition. He wrote several creditors: I had high hopes for success. But, I had no ide
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Lawyer Mark Stopa Allegedly Made Millions On Equity Skimming Scam

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Lawyer Mark Stopa Allegedly Scammed $5 Million Off Foreclosure Clients With Equity Skimming Scam Lawyer Mark Stopa painted himself as the foreclosure messiah after the housing crash. Thousands of distraught homeowners bought into it and hire Stopa to keep them in their homes. Lawyer Mark Stopa helped many people hold on to their homes. He also acquired millions of dollars worth of property from other clients through a years-long pattern of fraud and deception. The alleged scheme to defraud clients and mortgage lenders has had a ripple effect throughout Florida. the scam has left thousands of foreclosure cases in limbo and Stopa’s firm about to file for bankruptcy. Tampa attorney Richard Mockler has tried unsuccessfully to salvage Stopa’s law practice. He told the Tampa Bay Times: Read more at MFI-Miami
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Former Bankrate CFO Gets 10 Years In The Slammer

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Former Bankrate CFO Gets 10 Years In The Slammer For Cooking The Books To The Tune Of $25 Million Edward DiMaria is going to prison for 10 years. Former Bankrate  CFO Edward DiMaria  is going to prison for 10 years. The former Bankrate CFO pleaded guilty to orchestrating a fraud scheme that caused more than $25 million in shareholder losses. Bankrate is a publisher and news aggregator of personal finance content. The company also is a key lead generator for the financial services industry. DiMaria  pleaded guilty  in June to a laundry list of securities and bank fraud allegations. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to make false statements to a public company’s accountants and falsify a public company’s records and accounts. He also pleaded guilty to one count of making materially false statements to the SEC. DiMaria admitted that he directed and conspired to commit a complex scheme to artificially inflate Bankrate’s earnings. He used a “cookie jar” or “cushion” ac
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Strong Tampa Bay Foreclosure Defense Stop Tampa Bay Foreclosures

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Only The Most Aggressive Tampa Bay Foreclosure Defense Can Stop Tampa Bay Foreclosures Only the most aggressive Tampa Bay foreclosure defense can stop Orlando foreclosures. MFI-Miami has created the most aggressive Tampa Bay foreclosure defense team Florida has ever seen! We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge any mortgage lender in a Tampa Bay area courtroom. Our competitors show off one or two victories but they can’t beat our track record. How do we know this? Because   we have the track record in Florida to prove it . MFI-Miami has become a lender’s worse nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of the most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers and lenders in Florida. Steve Dibert has also helped keep lenders from discriminating against Hispanics and people of African and Caribbean descent. In addition, he has helped keep combat veterans in their homes.  Read more at MFI-Miami
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Only Aggressive Orlando Foreclosure Defense Stop Orlando Foreclosures

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Only The Most Aggressive Orlando Foreclosure Defense Stop Orlando Foreclosures Only the most aggressive Orlando foreclosure defense can stop Orlando foreclosures. MFI-Miami has created the most aggressive Orlando foreclosure defense team Florida has ever seen! We are the only foreclosure and mortgage experts with the strength to successfully challenge any mortgage lender in an Orlando area courtroom. Our competitors show off one or two victories but they can’t beat our track record. How do we know this? Because   we have the track record in Florida to prove it . MFI-Miami has become a lender’s worse nightmare. Why? MFI-Miami has successfully challenged some of the most arrogant foreclosure mill lawyers and lenders in Florida. Steve Dibert has also helped keep lenders from discriminating against Hispanics and people of African and Caribbean descent. In addition, he has helped keep combat veterans in their homes.  Read more at MFI-Miami
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