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\"Stop<\/a>WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong> — A corporation that engaged in mortgage origination, servicing and foreclosure abuses must now cough up nearly a $1 billion as part of an agreement, the federal government announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

SunTrust Inc. is a mortgage lender and servicer headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunTrust Banks Inc., a bank and financial services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cSunTrust\u2019s conduct is a prime example of the widespread underwriting failures that helped bring about the financial crisis,\u201d Attorney General Eric Holder said. \u201cFrom mortgage origination to servicing to securitization, the Department of Justice is attacking every facet of conduct that led to the Great Recession. We will continue to hold accountable financial institutions that, in the pursuit of their own financial interests, misuse public funds and cause harm to hardworking Americans. We expect that there will be more cases like this to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

SunTrust admitted that between January 2006 and March 2012, it originated and underwrote FHA-insured mortgages that did not meet FHA requirements, that it failed to carry out an effective quality control program to identify non-compliant loans, and that it failed to self-report to HUD even the defective loans it did identify.<\/p>\n

SunTrust also admitted that numerous audits and other documents disseminated to its management between 2009 and 2012 described significant flaws and inadequacies in SunTrust\u2019s origination, underwriting, and quality control processes, and notified SunTrust management that as many as 50 percent or more of SunTrust\u2019s FHA-insured mortgages did not comply with FHA requirements, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agreement, which totals nearly $1 billion, not only holds SunTrust accountable for years of abusive practices mortgage origination practices; it also provides for restoration,\u201d said Associate Attorney General Tony West. \u201cBy the terms of this resolution, SunTrust is required to provide $500 million in consumer relief for homeowners as well as abide by terms that will help to prevent the abuses of the past from being repeated. It’s a result attained thanks to the close coordination among our enforcement agency partners throughout the government.”<\/p>\n

The joint federal-state agreement also requires SunTrust to implement significant changes in how they service mortgage loans, handle foreclosures, and ensure the accuracy of information provided in federal bankruptcy court, officials said.<\/p>\n

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