Auto Finance Companies Setting People Up for Failure With Auto Loans

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released data that creates opportunity for lenders but seems to tee up consumers with problem credit for failure. Auto loans have been moving briskly with subprime loans of people with credit scores less than 620 being granted more often. Lenders are willing to take on the risk …

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Developer Fleeces With Subprime Mortgage Fraud. Defense – Rabbi Said It Was OK.

A Brooklyn developer accused of fleecing dozens of Hasidic families in a massive subprime mortgage fraud scheme took cover behind a divine defense on Tuesday. Eliyahu Ezagui’s lawyer told jurors his client received “a blessing” from the late Rabbi Menachem Schneerson to build affordable housing for the Lubavitcher community in Crown Heights. “It was a …

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