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Lender Tells Judge It ‘Recreated’ Letters

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By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
Published: January 8, 2008

The Countrywide Financial Corporation fabricated documents related to the bankruptcy case of a Pennsylvania homeowner, court records show, raising new questions about the business practices of the giant mortgage lender at the center of the subprime mess.
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The documents — three letters from Countrywide addressed to the homeowner — claimed that the borrower owed the company $4,700 because of discrepancies in escrow deductions. Countrywide’s local counsel described the letters to the court as “recreated,â€

'Corporate Responsibility', eh?