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		<title>By: Is Lloyds the new Enron? &#124; Ian Fraser</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/a-brief-history-of-halifax-bank-of-scotland/comment-page-1/#comment-96392</link>
		<dc:creator>Is Lloyds the new Enron? &#124; Ian Fraser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] To read a comprehensive analysis of why HBOS is the UK&#8217;s most toxic bank click here [...]</description>
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		<title>By: lifeafterdebt</title>
		<link>http://www.ianfraser.org/a-brief-history-of-halifax-bank-of-scotland/comment-page-1/#comment-96326</link>
		<dc:creator>lifeafterdebt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wholeheartedly agree with this article as I have had first hand experience of their irresponsible banking policies and practices.  After two and a half years I am still being bludgeoned by their henchmen to make a payment arrangement on a mortgage shortfall of £217,000 which they created.  I am repeatedly told they never write off shortfall debts of this kind regardless of income status and vulnerabilty, yet, in the Irish Times (Feb 2011) they, the Bank of Scotland,  are doing just that for people in Ireland with but-to-let mortgages on second homes and investment properties.
They took a commercial risk, my husband and my three young children lost their home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wholeheartedly agree with this article as I have had first hand experience of their irresponsible banking policies and practices.  After two and a half years I am still being bludgeoned by their henchmen to make a payment arrangement on a mortgage shortfall of £217,000 which they created.  I am repeatedly told they never write off shortfall debts of this kind regardless of income status and vulnerabilty, yet, in the Irish Times (Feb 2011) they, the Bank of Scotland,  are doing just that for people in Ireland with but-to-let mortgages on second homes and investment properties.<br />
They took a commercial risk, my husband and my three young children lost their home.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Shooter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Shooter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Elephant in the Room - which has yet to be properly investigated and prosecuted - is that HBOS played a MAJOR, MAJOR role in fraudulently pumping up the UK Property &quot;Market&quot;.

Mortgage customers &#039;urged to lie&#039; [All this was way back in 2003 by the way!!] 

Housebuyers are being encouraged to break the law in order to obtain huge mortgages, the BBC has discovered. Brokers, and even banking staff, have been telling buyers to lie about their incomes to get bigger and bigger loans. And these underhand tactics could also be the reason why house prices have gone on rising for so long. &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3222053.stm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt;

WATCH THE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1UnGS91BY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;VIDEO OF THE 2003 DOCUMENTARY&lt;/a&gt; HERE: - 

The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/10_october/29/money_programme_mortgage.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;press release&lt;/a&gt; - BBC Money Programme uncovers massive mortgage fraud
BBC TWO&#039;s The Money Programme has revealed a huge mortgage fraud with brokers from some of Britain&#039;s biggest estate agents and financial advice groups advising customers to break the law and lie about their incomes to get massively bigger mortgages. And it shows how the illicit cash raised by this method has been pouring into the housing market, boosting prices and leaving many people risking financial ruin. 

&quot;Could you believe that a bank would invite customers to defraud it? It may sound incredible, but that is what some of Britain&#039;s biggest mortgage lenders have in effect been doing.&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3478635.stm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CLICK HERE &lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Elephant in the Room &#8211; which has yet to be properly investigated and prosecuted &#8211; is that HBOS played a MAJOR, MAJOR role in fraudulently pumping up the UK Property &#8220;Market&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mortgage customers &#8216;urged to lie&#8217; [All this was way back in 2003 by the way!!] </p>
<p>Housebuyers are being encouraged to break the law in order to obtain huge mortgages, the BBC has discovered. Brokers, and even banking staff, have been telling buyers to lie about their incomes to get bigger and bigger loans. And these underhand tactics could also be the reason why house prices have gone on rising for so long. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3222053.stm" rel="nofollow">CLICK HERE</a></p>
<p>WATCH THE <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1UnGS91BY" rel="nofollow">VIDEO OF THE 2003 DOCUMENTARY</a> HERE: &#8211; </p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/10_october/29/money_programme_mortgage.shtml" rel="nofollow">press release</a> &#8211; BBC Money Programme uncovers massive mortgage fraud<br />
BBC TWO&#8217;s The Money Programme has revealed a huge mortgage fraud with brokers from some of Britain&#8217;s biggest estate agents and financial advice groups advising customers to break the law and lie about their incomes to get massively bigger mortgages. And it shows how the illicit cash raised by this method has been pouring into the housing market, boosting prices and leaving many people risking financial ruin. </p>
<p>&#8220;Could you believe that a bank would invite customers to defraud it? It may sound incredible, but that is what some of Britain&#8217;s biggest mortgage lenders have in effect been doing.&#8221; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3478635.stm" rel="nofollow">CLICK HERE </a></p>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Why Daniels won&#8217;t come into the studio on results day</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Why Daniels won&#8217;t come into the studio on results day</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] For an in-depth analysis of HBOS’s calamitous seven-year life, click HBOS: When did the rot set in? And were investors asleep at the wheel? [...]</description>
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		<title>By: walton v rbos - Page 118 - The Consumer Forums</title>
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		<dc:creator>walton v rbos - Page 118 - The Consumer Forums</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Re: walton v rbos   Paul, Sparkie, Patrick et al I think you should all bear one important thing in mind. You are talking about a possible fraud involving a large bank and some of its senior management and perhaps Directors too. This Country is in the middle of a huge financial crisis thanks mainly to the actions of certain banks so the last thing the Government needs is for this to come out as well. It could set RBS into freefall and bring down other banks into the bargain and make our financial institutions the laughing stock in World affairs. You only have to look at how probably a far bigger scandal involving HBOS was handled back in 2008 where amounts of losses there amounted anywhere between </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Re: walton v rbos   Paul, Sparkie, Patrick et al I think you should all bear one important thing in mind. You are talking about a possible fraud involving a large bank and some of its senior management and perhaps Directors too. This Country is in the middle of a huge financial crisis thanks mainly to the actions of certain banks so the last thing the Government needs is for this to come out as well. It could set RBS into freefall and bring down other banks into the bargain and make our financial institutions the laughing stock in World affairs. You only have to look at how probably a far bigger scandal involving HBOS was handled back in 2008 where amounts of losses there amounted anywhere between</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Chinese banks accused of massaging loan losses</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Chinese banks accused of massaging loan losses</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] bid to deceive regulators and investors in the period 2003-08. And we all know what happened to HBOS and by extension the UK [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; At least someone believes in holding banks to account</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; At least someone believes in holding banks to account</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] get more of an idea of what I meam, you should read my blog post HBOS: When did the rot set in? And were shareholders asleep at the wheel? and / or Banking&#8217;s Abu [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] get more of an idea of what I meam, you should read my blog post HBOS: When did the rot set in? And were shareholders asleep at the wheel? and / or Banking&#8217;s Abu [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>well written, and very well said, Ian.  Don&#039;t forget to mention, too, the disingenuous &quot;FSA investigation&quot; into the funny-business going on at HBOS, in 2008, with Crosby pulling strings from the inside,  followed by the FSA giving HBOS the &quot;all clear&quot; !  

I have also only just realised the significance from this article that Clerical Medical were one of the Bank of Scotland&#039;s &quot;assets&quot; as well as being their insurer, and it was Clerical Medical who sent the proceeds of my daughter&#039;s savings plan to one of the Vavasseur Fraud&#039;s &#039;collecting accounts&#039; at Bank of Ireland - never to be seen again !  I am challenging them on this at this very time, and conveniently, they do not seem to have any audit record, and were clearly in breach of the FSMA Markets Act.  They have already tried to argue that the Money Laundering regs. didn&#039;t come in until 2003 !

HBOS have tentacles everyhwere, and the majority of financial institutions and accounting practices are IN THEIR BACK POCKET - thus, disgracefully stacking the odds in their favour.

It begs the question:  when Paul Moore warned Crosby that the Bank was &quot;growing too fast&quot;, did he really mean &quot;growth&quot; or was it because he felt uncomfortable admitting that, in fact, he saw - staring him in the face - all the hallmarks of FRAUD ? 

Is there even any provision in Chancery Law to &#039;say it how it is&#039; and for the Head of Risk to alert the Authorities that the bank&#039;s CEO refused to allow him to report SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY or even to politely caution him that &quot;if it looks too good to be true, it probably is&quot; ?  It remains an anathema that Paul Moore did not end up reporting suspicious activity over that  which he conveniently termed &quot;fast growth, posing risk to capital&quot; ? More than that Paul baby, much much more.....

Let it not be overlooked that the quarter billion USD collected and STOLEN by the Banking Cartel and the Authorities aiding and abetting them through highly sophisticated organised Crime Rings in the Vavasseur fraud was worth at least $3 Billion dollars in the issuance of &#039;new notes&#039; or MTN&#039;s through the fraudulent Fractional Reserve Banking System of issuing derivatives out of collateral bonds !  No doubt the original collateral then ended up in the banksters pockets to pay them their UNEARNED &#039;bonuses&#039; ? THESE GUYS ON THE BOARD OF HBOS ARE CRIMINALS AND SHOULD BE JAILED IMMEDIATELY.  THEY ARE FINANCIAL MUGGERS OF THE WORST TYPE.

Lying euphemisms like &quot;toxic debt&quot; and &quot;quantitative easing&quot; are a play on words and should be regarded as &#039;obstruction of Justice&#039; and stripped bare to expose their true context.  Why is there so much pussy-footing around ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>well written, and very well said, Ian.  Don&#8217;t forget to mention, too, the disingenuous &#8220;FSA investigation&#8221; into the funny-business going on at HBOS, in 2008, with Crosby pulling strings from the inside,  followed by the FSA giving HBOS the &#8220;all clear&#8221; !  </p>
<p>I have also only just realised the significance from this article that Clerical Medical were one of the Bank of Scotland&#8217;s &#8220;assets&#8221; as well as being their insurer, and it was Clerical Medical who sent the proceeds of my daughter&#8217;s savings plan to one of the Vavasseur Fraud&#8217;s &#8216;collecting accounts&#8217; at Bank of Ireland &#8211; never to be seen again !  I am challenging them on this at this very time, and conveniently, they do not seem to have any audit record, and were clearly in breach of the FSMA Markets Act.  They have already tried to argue that the Money Laundering regs. didn&#8217;t come in until 2003 !</p>
<p>HBOS have tentacles everyhwere, and the majority of financial institutions and accounting practices are IN THEIR BACK POCKET &#8211; thus, disgracefully stacking the odds in their favour.</p>
<p>It begs the question:  when Paul Moore warned Crosby that the Bank was &#8220;growing too fast&#8221;, did he really mean &#8220;growth&#8221; or was it because he felt uncomfortable admitting that, in fact, he saw &#8211; staring him in the face &#8211; all the hallmarks of FRAUD ? </p>
<p>Is there even any provision in Chancery Law to &#8216;say it how it is&#8217; and for the Head of Risk to alert the Authorities that the bank&#8217;s CEO refused to allow him to report SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY or even to politely caution him that &#8220;if it looks too good to be true, it probably is&#8221; ?  It remains an anathema that Paul Moore did not end up reporting suspicious activity over that  which he conveniently termed &#8220;fast growth, posing risk to capital&#8221; ? More than that Paul baby, much much more&#8230;..</p>
<p>Let it not be overlooked that the quarter billion USD collected and STOLEN by the Banking Cartel and the Authorities aiding and abetting them through highly sophisticated organised Crime Rings in the Vavasseur fraud was worth at least $3 Billion dollars in the issuance of &#8216;new notes&#8217; or MTN&#8217;s through the fraudulent Fractional Reserve Banking System of issuing derivatives out of collateral bonds !  No doubt the original collateral then ended up in the banksters pockets to pay them their UNEARNED &#8216;bonuses&#8217; ? THESE GUYS ON THE BOARD OF HBOS ARE CRIMINALS AND SHOULD BE JAILED IMMEDIATELY.  THEY ARE FINANCIAL MUGGERS OF THE WORST TYPE.</p>
<p>Lying euphemisms like &#8220;toxic debt&#8221; and &#8220;quantitative easing&#8221; are a play on words and should be regarded as &#8216;obstruction of Justice&#8217; and stripped bare to expose their true context.  Why is there so much pussy-footing around ?</p>
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		<title>By: Ignatius Silvester</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ignatius Silvester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jesus. How on earth was this sort of thing allowed to go on for so long? Gordon Brown must be one of the most culpable individuals in the whole shameful saga, not least because he is close friend of James Crosby, the architect of the disastrous and probably criminal bank. Brown is also culpable because, in the full knowledge of the reasons for HBOS&#039;s &quot;success&quot;, he forced Lloyds to acquire it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus. How on earth was this sort of thing allowed to go on for so long? Gordon Brown must be one of the most culpable individuals in the whole shameful saga, not least because he is close friend of James Crosby, the architect of the disastrous and probably criminal bank. Brown is also culpable because, in the full knowledge of the reasons for HBOS&#8217;s &#8220;success&#8221;, he forced Lloyds to acquire it.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Examining HBOS</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ian Fraser - Business and Financial Journalist Ian Fraser &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Examining HBOS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] read a piece on HBOS&#8217;s calamitous seven year life click here. [...]</description>
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