Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2003 -abf1 Inactive
Filed: 8 Apr 04, 12:00am
Exhibit 99.1
Deloitte
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT
Board of Directors and Stockholder
EMC Mortgage Corporation
We have examined EMC Mortgage Corporation's (the "Company") (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.) compliance with its established minimum servicing standards described in the accompanying Management's Assertion, dated February 13, 2004, as of and for the year ended November 30, 2003. Management is responsible for compliance with those minimum servicing standards. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Company's compliance with its minimum servicing standards and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Company's compliance with its minimum servicing standards.
Our examination disclosed the following material noncompliance with the reconciliation of custodial bank accounts applicable to the Company during the year ended November 30, 2003. In two of the twenty-two custodial bank accounts selected for testing, the reconciliations included three items totaling approximately $258,000 that were older than ninety days.
In our opinion, except for the material noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, the Company complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned minimum servicing standards as of and for the year ended November 30, 2003, as set forth in Appendix I.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
February 13, 2004