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How A Former Big Bank Lawyer Taught His Old Bosses A $25 Billion Lesson

Tom Cox is a lawyer who used to represent major banks. Now he’s working to help Maine residents facing foreclosure keep their homes, and recently uncovered a massive fraud by five major mortgage lenders that led to a $25 billion dollar settlement to assist people driven into debt by shady business practices. Guess which job he found more…

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Mansur Gidfar

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