2012-07-28washingtonpost.com

As foreclosures skyrocketed across the country in the wake of the financial crisis, banks routinely filed flawed and fraudulent legal documents in a rush to keep up with the wave of defaults. But officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency largely missed the fact that the mortgage servicers were cutting legal corners on such a large scale, according to Friday's report.



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