Career moves

Freddie Mac late Thursday said Donald J. Bisenius, executive vice president of its single-family credit guarantee business, received a 'Wells Notice,' which means the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering filing civil charges against him.

Federal prosecutors have ended their criminal investigation of former Countrywide Financial chairman and CEO Angelo Mozilo, after deciding that his actions managing the nation's largest lender did not constitute criminal behavior, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times.

The Treasury Department has tapped a former Wall Street managing director to be in charge of the research, markets and regulation arm of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association is getting back in to the multifamily lending business in the New York metropolitan area, starting with hiring away a team from Sovereign Bank led by Gary M. Honstedt.

Bank of America recently hired former Saxon Mortgage CEO Tony Meola as a default servicing executive in its mortgage division.

TARP inspector general Neil Barofsky on Monday gave notice that he plans to leave the Treasury Department by the end of March.

After receiving notice that he’s under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, CoreLogic Chief Financial Officer Anthony "Buddy" Piszel resigned late Thursday.

Freddie Mac chief operating officer Bruce Witherell abruptly announced his resignation from the company earlier this week, saying he was leaving for "personal reasons."

Integrated Asset Services, a Denver-based default management vendor, on Thursday named John Burnett its new chief operating officer.

Triumph Savings Bank, Dallas, this week hired industry veteran Barry Epstein to manage its new warehouse lending division, and plans to cater its effort to small nondepository mortgage bankers.

Wells Fargo & Co.'s chief financial officer, Howard Atkins, has resigned for personal reasons, the megabank announced late Tuesday. He was immediately succeeded by Wells' chief administrative officer, Timothy Sloan.

Partner Engineering and Science Inc. named Eric Correia as technical director of Fannie Mae Services.Correia, who joined the firm’s San Diego office in August 2010 as a project manager, will serve as the primary resource for Partner’s lender clients, technical staff and project managers throughout the United States.

People's United Bank, Bridgeport, Conn., late last week confirmed that warehouse lending veteran Paul Best has joined the publicly traded thrift as a senior vice president in its commercial division.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday named Michael Krimminger, a close aide to Chairman Sheila Bair, as the agency's new general counsel.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is creating specialized risk teams to participate in the examinations of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks as part of a major overhaul of the entire agency.

Veteran mortgage-backed securities researcher Dale Westhoff, well known in the industry for his short-term prepayment forecasts, has joined Credit Suisse as global head of structured products research.

Now that the President's first pick to be the new GSE regulator has bowed out due to Republican opposition, the White House will likely appoint an administration official who has already been confirmed by the Senate to run the agency.

Harris Financial has hired Kevin Christopher to be director of mortgage sales. He will be responsible for leading the Harris mortgage team in its internal collaboration, service and sales capabilities to contribute to the bank's overall strategy.

SettlementOne, San Diego, a holding company with interests in credit data and appraisal management, recently named Joe Bryant national sales manager.

Total Mortgage Services, LLC, a fast growing nonbank based in Connecticut, on Tuesday announced that it has hired former Bank of America vice president Lisa Schreiber to head its wholesale division.