Recent admissions by big - time mortgage lender GMAC that its personnel had
filed false affidavits in foreclosure cases have been much in the news lately, and have spurred investigations by the attorneys general of several states.
According to the criminal charges, ALP
filed false affidavits swearing that it had effected service when it did not.
An investigation by New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs of the high default rate in consumer credit cases found that disreputable process - serving companies were never actually serving process, but instead effectively tossing the papers in the sewer and
filing false affidavits of service.