Says it will not sign onto any lenient robosigning settlement
(NEWSER) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley—best remembered for her failed campaign against Scott Brown —has filed a lawsuit against Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Ally Financial over alleged mortgage fraud offenses, including the “robo-signing” scandal. The suit also names MERSCORP which produces an electronic mortgage registration system, the Boston Globe reports. Coakley is essentially breaking away from the rest of the country’s attorney generals, who have been haltingly trying to negotiate a settlement en-masse with the banks. More»