Ha! Even you, with a vested interest, have to admit they deserved exactly what they got (and probably more). First they tried to foreclose on a home that had no mortgage, with obviously forged documents (they had to be forged since no mortgage existed) and all they had to pay was the attorney fees. They should have had to pay much more than that and whomever was responsible for the forgery sent to jail.

Ya don't pay, ya face the consequences.

Personal note: I detest BofA and always have. My bank got eaten by them and I closed my account not long after and went to another bank, an independent small bank that weathered the crisis well because they are more conservative and didn't have a huge list of defaults.

I learned about some of BofA's "sharp" business practices including their credit card accounts and determined it would be a cold day in hell before I ever held one of their credit cards and entrusted my money to them. Or did any other business with them.

You're just lucky you didn't have to get your stash back through the FDIC.