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    1 SAXON MORTGAGE, INC.; T.D.SERVICE COMPANY; DEUTSCHE2 BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY;DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY3 AMERICAS; QUALITY LOAN SERVICECORPORATION; NATIONAL DEFAULT4 SERVICING CORPORATION; AZTECFORECLOSURE CORPORATION; BANK5 OF NEW YORK; BANK OF NEW YORKMELLON; BANK OF NEW YORK6 TRUST COMPANY, N.A.; OLDREPUBLIC DEFAULT MANAGEMENT7 SERVICES, a division of OLD REPUBLICNATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE8 COMPANY; LITTON LOANSERVICING, L.P.; FEDERAL9 NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION; GMAC MORTGAGE,10 L.L.C., f/k/a GMAC MORTGAGECORPORATION; NATIONAL CITY

    ",,11 MORTGAGE COMPANY; NATIONAL CITY BANK; PNC BANK, N.A.; J.P.00 ";> 12"" MORGAN MORTGAGE; CHASE HOME'" FINANCE L.L.C.; HSBC BANK USA,M0 13 N.A.; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A;"I. i " ' i (" - WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE,en 00 X 14 INC.; U.S. BANK, N.A.; WACHOVIAe>-< MORTGAGE, FSB; BANK OF AMERICA,.lz.,. N.A.; ING BANK, FSB; CITIBANK, N.A.;00 15. . . l"0. 0 AURORA LOAN SERVICES L.L.C; T.D. g; 16 SERVICE COMPANY; CAL WESTERN'" M RECONVEYANCE CORPORATION;17 THE COOPER CASTLE LAW FIRM,r-- L.L.P.; CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE18 COMPANY; MTC FINANCIAL, INC. dbaTRUSTEE CORPS; AHMSI DEFAULT

    19 SERVICING, INC.; AMERICAN HOMEMORTGAGE SERVICING, INC.;20 WESTERN PROGRESSIVE L.L.C.;FIDELITY NATIONAL FORECLOSURE21 SOLUTIONS; FIRST AMERICANLOANSTAR TRUSTEE SERVICES;22 WMC MORTGAGE CORP.; IBPROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.;23 METLIFE HOME LOANS, a division of

    METLIFE BANK, N.A.; UTLS DEFAULT24 SERVICES, LLC; ONE WEST BANK,FSB; and FIRST HORIZON HOME25 LOANS, a division of FIRST

    TENNESSEE BANK N.A.; and DOES I-26 MMM,27 Defendants.28

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    or at the request of a house of the Legislature, an auditor or the governing body of apolitical subdivision, or from the news media.

    3. The State of Nevada is a sovereign State and is one of the United States ofAmerica, and is a real party in interest entitled to a portion of the proceeds of this action.

    4. The above-named Counties are political subdivisions of the State, and are realparties in interest which will ultimately be entitled to a portion of the proceeds of thisaction.

    5. Defendants COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP; EXECUTIVETRUSTEE SERVICES, LLC; RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.; SAXON MORTGAGE,INC.; T.D. SERVICE COMPANY; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY;DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS; QUALITY LOAN SERVICECORPORATION; NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION; AZTECFORECLOSURE CORPORATION; BANK OF NEW YORK; BANK OF NEW YORKMELLON; BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.; OLD REPUBLIC DEFAULTMANAGEMENT SERVICES, a division of OLD REPUBLIC NATIONAL TITLEINSURANCE COMPANY; LITTON LOAN SERVICING, L.P.; FEDERAL NATIONALMORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("Fannie Mae"); GMAC MORTGAGE, L.L.C., f/k/a GMACMORTGAGE CORPORATION; NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE COMPANY; NATIONALCITY BANK; PNC BANK, N.A.; J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE; CHASE HOME FINANCEL.L.C.; HSBC BANK USA, N.A.; WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A; WELLS FARGO HOMEMORTGAGE, INC.; U.S. BANK, N.A.; WACHOVIAMORTGAGE, FSB; BANK OFAMERICA, N.A.; ING BANK, FSB; CITIBANK, N.A; AURORA LOAN SERVICES L.L.C;T.D. SERVICE COMPANY; CAL WESTERN RECONVEYANCE CORPORATION;CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY; MTC FINANCIAL, INC. dba TRUSTEECORPS; AHMSI DEFAULT SERVICING, INC.; AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGESERVICING, INC.; WESTERN PROGRESSIVE L.L.C.; FIDELITY NATIONALFORECLOSURE SOLUTIONS; FIRST AMERICAN LOANSTAR TRUSTEE SERVICES;WMC MORTGAGE CORP.; IB PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C.; METLIFE HOME

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    cause to be made or used, false records and statements to conceal, avoid and/or decreasetheir obligations to pay transfer taxes, or other monies, to the above-named Counties ofthe State of Nevada and the State of Nevada. Those false statements by each of thedefendants include without limitation the false statement in the "State of NevadaDeclaration of Value" form in the record of the various County Recorders that FreddieMac and/or defendant Fannie Mae were and are a tax-exempt "Government Entity" or"Government Agency."

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    8. Defendants were jointly and severally obligated to pay conveyance and/ortransfer taxes, and were also required to not make false representations in order to avoidpayment in full of all required conveyance and/or transfer taxes pursuant to NRSChapter 357, notwithstanding that with regard to certain transfers they were both thebeneficiary of deeds of trust and the grantees pursuant to sales.

    9. Defendants have engaged in thousands of sales and transfers of title of realproperty in the State including in each County of the State in which defendants wereobligated to pay transfer taxes as transferor/seller and/or transferee/buyer, butdefendants ei ther completely or partially avoided payment of those taxes.

    10. Defendants have collectively and/or individually, knowingly, intentionally orwith reckless disregard, or otherwise, with the scienter required by the False Claims Actcaused to be made, made and used, and continue to cause to be made, make and usefalse records and statements to the State and its Counties in order to conceal, avoidand/or decrease their obligations to pay transfer or conveyance taxes, or other monies, tothe State and its Counties.

    11. Defendants Executive Trustee Services L.L.C., ReconTrust Company, T.D.Service Company, Quality Loan Service Corporation, National Default ServicingCorporation, Aztec Foreclosure Corporation, Old Republic Default ManagementServices, T.D. Service Company, Cal Western Reconveyance Corporation, The Cooper

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    Castle Law Firm, L.L.P., California Reconveyance Company, MTC Financial, Inc., dbaTrustee Corps, AHMSI Default Servicing, Inc., Western Progressive L.L.C., Fidelitynational Foreclosure Solutions, First American Loanstar Trustee Services, and UTLSDefault Services, L.L.C., identified themselves as the "foreclosing beneficiary" on theTrustee's Deeds Upon Sale which are the subject of this action and as the "SELLER(GRANTOR)" on the "STATE OF NEVADA DECLARATION OF VALUE" form. Thedefendants named in the above portion of this Paragraph were not the "beneficiary" northe "seller/grantor" of the subject properties, but instead were acting as agents fordefendants Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, Saxon Mortgage, Inc., DeutscheBank National Trust Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Bank of NewYork, Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., Litton LoanServicing, L.P., Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), GMACMortgage, L.L.C., f/k/a GMAC Mortgage Corporation, National City Mortgage Company,National City Bank, PNC Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Mortgage, Chase Home FinancingL.L.C., HSBC Bank USA, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Home Mortgage,Inc., U.S. Bank, N.A., Wachovia Mortgage, FSB, Bank of America, N.A., ING Bank, FSB,Citibank, N.A., Aurora Loan Services, L.L.C., American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.,WMC Mortgage Corp., MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A., and/orFirst Horizon Home Loans, a division of First Tennessee Bank, N.A. in making, causingto be made and/or using the false statements to avoid or decrease transfer taxes asalleged herein. Both the agents who made, caused to be made or used those falsestatements to avoid payment in full of transfer taxes owed, and the principals on whosebehalf the agents were acting at the time those false s tatements were made, caused to bemade or used to avoid payment in full of transfer taxes owed are jointly and severallyliable for penalties and taxes that were avoided or underpaid as a result of those falsestatements.

    12 . The State and its Counties are entitled to receive a portion of the conveyanceor transfer taxes which the defendants have wrongfully withheld.

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    13. During the five years immediately preceding the filing of the originalcomplaint herein, and since that time, each of the defendants did not pay the requiredtransfer or conveyance taxes, and knowingly made, used and/or caused to be made orused false representations in order to avoid paying in full those required taxes as allegedherein.

    14. During the five years immediately preceding the filing of the originalcomplaint herein, and since that time, each of the defendants have intentionally deprivedthe State and its counties of extensive revenue, and interest thereon, to which the Stateand its Counties are entitled.

    15. Each of the defendants is liable for interest on transfer and/or conveyancetaxes not paid to the State and its Counties.16. Each of the defendants is liable for having knowingly made, caused to bemade and/or used false records and/or statements to conceal, avoid or decreaseobligations to payor transmit money owed to the State for payment of taxes upon theconveyance or transfer of title to real estate in the State.

    17. Defendant Fannie Mae made, caused to be made or used a false statement inDeclaration of Value Forms related to the transfer of property to Fannie Mae by way ofTrustee's Deed upon Sale to avoid payment of transfer taxes in each instance, and FannieMae used those false records and/or statements to conceal and/or avoid its obligations topayor transmit money owed to the State for payment of taxes upon the conveyance ortransfer of title to real estate in the State by intentionally misrepresenting to the Statethat defendant Fannie Mae was a government agency exempt from conveyance ortransfer taxes.

    18. Each of tlle defendants who was the transferor to Fannie Mae and FreddieMac made, caused to be made or used a false statement in Declaration of Value Formsrelated to the transfer of property to Fannie Mae by way ofTrustee's Deed upon Sale,Corporation Grant Deed or other Deed to avoid payment of transfer taxes in eachinstance, and Fannie Mae used those false records and/or statements to conceal and/or

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    avoid its obligations to payor transmit money owed to the State for payment of taxesupon the conveyance or transfer of title to real estate in the State by intentionallymisrepresenting to the State that defendant Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac was agovernment agency exempt from conveyance or transfer taxes.

    19. The statements and/or records in the Declaration of Value Forms thatFannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("these entities") were exempt from transfer taxes underNRS 375.090 because those entities were government agencies or government entitieswere false for reason including without limitation as follows:

    (1) Fannie and Freddie were and are private, for-profit corporations;(2) in foreclosure activities, these entities are not fulfilling a governmental

    objective;(3) the Government has not retained for itself the permanent right to appoint amajority of the directors of these entities;

    (4) a majority of the directors of these entities were and are elected by theshareholders;

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    (5) these entities are not instrumentalities for purpose of sovereign immunity;(6) these entities are not instrumentalities for purposes of federal tort claims;

    (7) real property of these entities is subject to State and local taxat ion by federal

    20 . Defendants are liable for all acts or omissions of all other defendants.21 . Defendants are jointly and severally liable for treble damages for all transfer

    or conveyance taxes that defendants did not pay in full.22. Defendants are liable for (1) liquidated penalties of between $5,000 and

    $10,000 for each false statement made or caused to be made for the purpose ofavoiding or decreasing a transfer tax owed upon the recording of a Trustee's Deed Uponand (2 ) liquidated penalties of between $5,000 and $10,000 for each falsestatement used for the purpose of avoiding or decreasing a transfer tax owed upon the

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    1 years immediately preceding the filing of the original Complaint herein and after the2 filing of the original Complaint herein;3 3 For liquidated penalties of between $5,000 and $10 ,000 for each act of4 having knowingly made, used and caused to be made or used, false records and/or5 statements to conceal, avoid or decrease obligations to payor transmit money owed to6 the State for payment of taxes upon the conveyance or transfer of title to real estate in7 the State, for any such misrepresentation in the five years immediately preceding the8 filing of the original Complaint herein and after the filing of the original Complaint9 herein;

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    For pre-judgment interest on all damages awarded;For reasonable costs and attorneys' fees;6. For an award to relators Robert Edward Hager and Andrew J. Ludel in an

    amount consistent with the False Claims Act of Nevada; and7. For such other relief that the Court or jury deems just and equitable

    including, but not limited to injunctive relief to compel Defendants to cease defraudingthe State, or otherwise avoiding and or concealing their obligation to pay conveyance ortransfer taxes pursuant to NRS Chapter 375

    ......JDated this:2 (fay of June, 2010.ROlJeR. Hager S 482

    Mark Mausert SBN 2398

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