The proposed national settlement with the five largest U.S. banks over foreclosure fraud seems to be in further jeopardy today, following a massive expansion by the state of Nevada of its lawsuit against Bank of America.
Nevada's attorney general charges that Bank of America and the now-defunct mortgage giant Countrywide acquired by the bank in 2008, deceived borrowers and investors at almost every stage of the process.
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