Mortgage Servicers Fabricating Missed Payments After Hardship Recovery
Mortgage servicers falsely claim payments were missed during hardship periods despite consumer records showing all payments were made. Fabricated delinquencies trigger fee assessments and negative credit reporting that compound the harm of the original hardship. Consumers who document their payments still cannot force servicers to correct fraudulent delinquency records.
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