August 11, 2015
The attorney trying to claim almost half of two whistleblowers' proceeds following a $320 million False Claims Act settlement Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and Home America Mortgage Inc. reached with the federal government has failed to prove he should be given that amount, the relators told a Georgia federal court Monday.
March 30, 2015
Two relators in a False Claims Act row involving Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and Home America Mortgage Inc. have hit back at their former counsel's claim to fees stemming from a $320 million settlement, urging a Georgia federal judge to invalidate a lien on their share of the deal.
March 09, 2015
An attorney on Friday urged a Georgia federal judge to deny his former partners' bid to invalidate his claim for fees from a $320 million settlement in a False Claims Act row against Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and Home America Mortgage Inc., blaming it on "a nasty law firm breakup."
January 06, 2014
Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. and Home America Mortgage Inc. have agreed to pay more than $320 million to settle a False Claims Act whistleblower suit alleging they falsified loan applications to secure federally funded insurance for home loans that ultimately defaulted, plaintiffs' attorneys announced Monday.
October 07, 2013
The former head of a bankrupt mortgage company that fed home loans to defunct firm Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. on Monday said a whistleblower suit alleging he defrauded federal mortgage insurance programs should be dismissed because he did not directly deal with the government.
August 05, 2013
A Georgia magistrate judge on Monday ordered the accountant of an owner of a bankrupt mortgage company who also had a stake in Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. to produce tax documents for a False Claims Act suit over bogus applications for federal mortgage guarantees, finding no accountant-client privilege applied.