Collection:LPB

Genre: Interview

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2010-10-22

Duration: 00:05:37

Subjects: Louisiana. Department of Justice | HOMEOWNERS | Foreclosure | FRAUD

Contributors:

• Whinham, Charlie Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Pleasant, Sanettria Interviewee

This segment from the October 22, 2010, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford’s in-studio interview with Sanettria Pleasant of the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office. She discusses: the practice of robo-signing foreclosure documents; the Attorney General Office’s findings that not all of the foreclosure procedures in the state have been conducted properly; the increase in consumer complaints from coastal Louisiana; the consumer complaints regarding fraudulent loan modification programs; and the timeline for the Attorney General’s investigation.