RALEIGH, NC – Joseph A. Smith, Jr., monitor of the national mortgage settlement, today announced that he has engaged BDO Consulting, a division of BDO USA, LLP, as his primary professional firm. BDO will join the Monitor and his team for a period of three and a half years as they oversee the implementation of the settlement involving 49 states, the United States government and five of the nation’s largest banks.

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