A group of 10 major lenders has agreed to pay federal regulators $8.4 billion to settle claims of foreclosure "robo-signings" and other abuses, the New York Times reports.

For more on this story, click here.

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We also spoke to KCET personality and USC professor, Judy Muller, about a foreclosure scam where squatters can move into a foreclosed home and claim ownership!

She will go in-depth with the story on KCET's "Socal Connected." For more information on the show, click here.