Brown’s office said the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also seeks unspecified restitution for homeowners who were allegedly conned into risky, costly loans they did not understand by brokers desperate to meet unrealistic production goals. The suit further accuses Countrywide Chairman and Chief Executive Angelo Mozilo and David Sambol, president of Countrywide Home Loans Inc, of purposely easing underwriting standards for mortgages and home equity lines of credit in a play to double to company’s share of the US mortgage market. After problems surfaced with a large number of its loans, Countrywide turned a blind eye to consumer complaints that they did not understand the terms of their loans or had been conned by brokers, the lawsuit said. “Countrywide made one in six US mortgage loans last year and is closely associated with the collapsed housing bubble.

The $2,7 billion merger is expected to be approved and to close by July 1. The filing comes the same day that Countrywide shareholders vote in a special meeting on whether to approve the lender’s takeover by Bank of America Corp. Countrywide shareholders today have voted to approve the buyout offer from Bank of America. This will mean that Bank of America will buyout Countrywide effective July 1.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued Countrywide Financial Corp and two top officers on Wednesday to stop the mortgage loan company from allegedly perpetrating a scheme to “mass produce loans for sale on the secondary market. It looks clear now that Bank of America will be able to buy out Countrywide effective July 1. Stock prices for both Bank of America and Countrywide are up this morning on the news of the approval. The Calabasas, California-based lender stands accused of deceptive advertising and unfair competition for its alleged misleading practice of emphasizing low introductory loan rates while hiding risky or costly terms and of routinely soliciting buyers to refinance shortly after their initial loans closed.

5 billion from $152 million a year earlier. Analysts think those losses are bound to mount as more borrowers default on their home loans. Countrywide's near collapse reflect edthe troubles of the overall US housing market and the big lender

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