A Deal Too Good To Be True?: Katrina Victims Say Mortgage Lender Misled Them

Thousands of homeowners devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are accusing their mortgage lender of recanting on its promise to suspend their mortgage payments in the immediate aftermath of the...

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September 19, 2007 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (39)

Mortgage Company Accused of Defrauding Katrina Victims

Angry homeowners hit hard by Hurricane Katrina are accusing Countrywide Home Loans of reneging on a promise to help them by temporarily suspending their mortgage payments. According to a class-action...

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August 31, 2007 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (44)

State Farm Agrees to Settle With Angry Katrina Policyholders

Mississippi homeowners are claiming a "huge legal victory" over the country's biggest insurance company, which they say tried to cheat and defraud them over claims submitted in the wake...

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January 24, 2007 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (9)

'Satisfied' Customer Now Suing State Farm Insurance

One of State Farm Insurance's "satisfied" customers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is now suing the company, joining hundreds of other policyholders who allege Stage Farm defrauded...

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November 21, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (26)

Whistleblowers Sued for Speaking Out and Wearing State Farm Jackets on 20/20

Former State Farm insiders Cori and Kerri Rigsby have been sued after blowing the whistle on what they say was "widespread" fraud at the insurance giant. E.A. Renfroe, the...

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October 4, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (20)

Fraud Lawsuits over Altered Katrina Damage Reports to Go to Trial

A federal judge has refused to throw out lawsuits accusing an engineering company of cheating homeowners in order to keep them from collecting insurance money. The suits also accuse two...

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September 15, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Outraged Citizens Turn in Katrina Scammers

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina ordinary Americans led the way in donating money to help with the relief effort. Now many citizens are stepping up and leading the way...

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August 29, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (11)

Billions of Dollars in Damage Followed by Billions of Dollars in Fraud

Tina Marie Winston says she watched in horror a year ago as her two daughters, aged five and six, were swept away and drowned during Hurricane Katrina. She collected $5,600...

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August 28, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (7)

Exclusive: Whistleblowers Say State Farm Cheated Katrina Victims

State Farm Insurance supervisors systematically demanded that Hurricane Katrina damage reports be buried or replaced or changed so that the company would not have to pay policyholders' claims in Mississippi,...

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August 28, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (945)

A Tale of Three Engineering Reports

Mississippi Gulf Coast resident Minh Nguyen was devastated to learn that State Farm would not pay her claim after her home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. An engineering report commissioned...

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August 25, 2006 in Hurricane Katrina | Permalink | User Comments (34)