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1. McNeil-Coward et al v. Palterovich et al
   New York Eastern District Court  Case No. 1:16-cv-05424

   ForeclosureHousing RightsMortgage FraudPredatory LendingReal Estate FraudRESPARICOStraw PurchaserTruth in Lending Act

   Antoinette Viola McNeil-Coward and her domestic partner Barry Davis filed this federal lawsuit in September 2016 alleging that a network of mortgage loan officers, attorneys, and shell companies defrauded them out of nearly $300,000 in home equity through an elaborate buyback scheme. McNeil-Coward had owned her Brooklyn home for more than 20 years when, facing foreclosure due to illness and job loss, she was approached by representatives of US Legal Asset Advisors, Inc. — principally Mark Palterovich and Sean Durrant — who persuaded her that the only way to save her home was to temporarily transfer title to a third-party investor, who would secure a new mortgage, make repairs, and transfer the property back within a year. Instead, the defendants drained the equity from the property and disappeared with the proceeds, leaving the home encumbered by a mortgage exceeding $438,000 and placing Alim — the nominal straw purchaser — as a co-owner. Critically, Palterovich and Durrant visited McNeil-Coward while she was hospitalized and medicated to obtain her signature on the sale contract. The complaint alleges that the scheme was not an isolated incident: a mortgage loan officer employed by US Legal Asset Advisors had already pleaded guilty in a separate $9 million mortgage fraud prosecution brought by the Southern District of New York around the same time. By April 2016, the straw purchaser Wessam Alim filed a partition action in Kings County Supreme Court seeking a forced sale of the property, threatening to displace the plaintiffs from their home of over two decades. The federal claims include violations of RICO (alleging an organized criminal enterprise), RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act), TILA (Truth in Lending Act), as well as fraud and legal malpractice under state law. Several defendants were dismissed by stipulation during litigation — Continental Mortgage Bankers in March 2017 and Emery Federal Credit Union in November 2017. In March 2018, Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall issued a memorandum decision on motions to dismiss by Wells Fargo, MERS, and Nathan Pinkhasov. In a separate development, defendant Mirna White — an attorney representing herself — repeatedly failed to appear for court proceedings and was ordered to show cause why she should not be sanctioned and referred for disciplinary action. The case remained active as of the last available filings in mid-2018.

2. In Re: Tribune Company Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation
   New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:11-md-02296-DLC

3. Marc S. Kirschner, as Litigation Trustee for the Tribune Litigation Trust v. Dennis J FitzSimons, et al
   New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:12-cv-02652

4. Vullo v. Condor Capital Corporation et al
   New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:14-cv-02863

   Stephen Baron

5. Dismissed (Settled)Fladell et al v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. et al
   Florida Southern District Court  Case No. 0:13-cv-60721

   Class ActionConsumer ProtectionForce-Placed InsuranceKickbacksMortgage ServicingRESPAWells Fargo

   Ira Marc Fladell and other plaintiffs filed this class action in March 2013 in the Southern District of Florida against Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several insurance companies including Assurant, Inc., American Security Insurance Company, QBE Specialty Insurance Company, and related entities, challenging the practice of "force-placed" or "lender-placed" insurance. When mortgage borrowers let their homeowner's insurance lapse, lenders are contractually permitted to purchase insurance on the property and charge the cost to the borrower's escrow account. The plaintiffs alleged that Wells Fargo and the insurers had entered into arrangements in which the bank placed insurance with affiliated or preferred insurers at inflated rates — sometimes several times the market price — and received undisclosed kickbacks, commissions, and other payments in return. The complaint alleged that borrowers were overcharged for inferior coverage that primarily protected the bank's interest rather than the homeowner's, and that the inflated premiums and kickback arrangements violated RESPA and state consumer protection laws. Force-placed insurance practices were a major target of regulatory scrutiny and class action litigation following the 2008 financial crisis. The case settled.

6. Administrative Case Re: 08-01789 (Securities Invest- Adversary Proceeding
   New York Southern Bankruptcy Court  Case No. 09-01239

   BankruptcyFeeder FundFraudulent TransferInvestment FraudMadoffPonzi SchemeSIPA Liquidation

   Irving H. Picard, the trustee for the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, filed this sprawling adversary proceeding in May 2009 in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court before Judge Burton Lifland, seeking to recover billions of dollars in fraudulent transfers made to Fairfield Greenwich Limited and its affiliated entities including Fairfield Sentry, Greenwich Sentry, and Fairfield Sigma. Fairfield Greenwich had been the largest feeder fund into the Madoff Ponzi scheme, investing approximately $7 billion with Madoff on behalf of its clients. The proceeding consolidated claims against hundreds of subsequent transferees from Fairfield Greenwich, including major international banks and financial institutions such as UBS, HSBC, ABN AMRO, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Merrill Lynch, and scores of Swiss, Austrian, and Cayman Island funds and feeder vehicles. The trustee also asserted claims against Fairfield Greenwich principals Walter Noel, Jeffrey Tucker, and Andres Piedrahita, alleging they knew or should have known of the fraud. The proceeding encompasses what is likely the largest fraudulent transfer litigation in U.S. history.

7. Franklin v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
   California Southern District Court  Case No. 3:14-cv-02349

8. Dismissed (Settled)In re: Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation
   New York Southern District Court  Case No. 1:13-md-02476

   AntitrustClass ActionCredit Default SwapsFinancial IndustryInvestment BanksPrice FixingSherman Act

   This antitrust class action, consolidated in the Southern District of New York in April 2013, alleged that a group of major investment banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, and others conspired to restrain competition in the market for credit default swaps (CDS) by blocking efforts to create exchanges and central clearing facilities that would have allowed institutional investors to trade CDS more efficiently and at lower cost. The defendants were alleged to have used their control over ISDA, the industry standard-setting body, to stifle competing platforms such as Citadel's competing exchange initiative. The case involved complex antitrust analysis of the CDS market structure. The litigation was resolved through settlements totaling approximately $1.87 billion.

9. Hall v. Bank of America, N.A. et al
   Florida Southern District Court  Case No. 1:12-cv-22700

10. Wang v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Illinois Northern District Court  Case No. 1:16-cv-11223

11. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
    New York Southern Bankruptcy Court  Case No. 08-13555

12. DecidedThe Bankruptcy Link- Adversary Proceeding
    New York Southern Bankruptcy Court  Case No. 11-13702

    BankruptcyFraudulent TransferMadoffPonzi SchemeSIPA Liquidation

    This adversary proceeding docketed in August 2011 in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court before Judge Stuart Bernstein is an administrative linking docket for the Bernard L. Madoff SIPA liquidation, connecting the main case (08-01789) with multiple related adversary proceedings. The parties listed include the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Shana D. Madoff, trustee Irving H. Picard, Ronald M. Gross, and various Fairfield Greenwich entities. All entries are undated, consistent with an administrative cross-reference docket. The termination date of June 29, 2011 — which precedes the filing date of August 3, 2011 — reflects the administrative nature of this linking docket within the broader Madoff bankruptcy estate proceedings.

13. The Bankruptcy Link- Adversary Proceeding
    New York Southern Bankruptcy Court  Case No. 08-01789

14. United States of America et al v. Wells Fargo Bank National Association et al.
    Nevada District Court  Case No. 2:11-cv-00535

15. Cabusas v. Mortgage Electronic Systems, Inc.
    California Northern District Court  Case No. 5:12-cv-03000-HRL

16. Neenah Enterprises, Inc.
    Delaware Bankruptcy Court  Case No. 10-10360

17. Resolution Trust, et al v. Landmark Land Co., et al
    South Carolina District Court  Case No. 2:91-cv-03289

18. Larry Brown v. Bank of America NA et al
    California Central District Court  Case No. 5:12-cv-02009

19. Tribune Company- Adversary Proceeding
    Delaware Bankruptcy Court  Case No. 10-53963

20. Beth Karpfinger v. Lisa Henderson et al
    Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco  Case No. CGC-15-546542

    Mortgage DisputeQuiet TitleReal EstateWells FargoWrongful Foreclosure

    Beth Karpfinger filed suit in June 2015 in San Francisco Superior Court against Lisa Henderson, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in case CGC-15-546542 before Judge John Stewart, represented by Zacks & Freedman PC. A lis pendens was recorded against real property simultaneously with the complaint, indicating a quiet title action or wrongful foreclosure claim. Wells Fargo answered in August 2015 through RCO Legal PS.