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Green Tree to Pay $48 Million in Borrower Restitution and $15 Million Fine for Servicing Failures WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, the Bureau and the Federal Trade...
Defendants Would Pay a Total of $438,000 in Redress and another $438,000 in Civil Penalties Today, the Bureau announced that, together with the Navajo...
Bureau Also Obtains a Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Illegal Operation and Freeze Assets of Operation's Leaders The Bureau announced today that it has...
Nationwide Operation Deceptively Threatened Consumers with Criminal Prosecution and Jail Time for Writing Bounced Checks Today, the Bureau announced an...
Today, the Bureau asked a federal district court to enter a consent order that would permanently ban a Texas-based company, Union Workers Credit Services...
Today, the Bureau is suing a Texas-based company, Union Workers Credit Services, for deceiving consumers into paying fees to sign up for a sham credit card...
Sprint Ignored Complaints from Consumers and Cost Them Tens of Millions of Dollars Today, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Sprint Corporation for...
CFPB Warns Borrowers About Companies Charging High Fees for Free Federal Loan Repayment Benefits Today, the Bureau took action to put an end to two student...
Company to Pay $730,000 to Consumers Harmed by Illegal Bonus Program Today, the Bureau ordered a California mortgage lender, Franklin Loan Corporation, to...
M&T to Refund $2.9 Million to Approximately 59,000 Account Holders Who Paid Fees for Free Checking Today the Bureau took action against M&T Bank for...
The Hydra Group Uses Phony Payday Loans to Illegally Access Consumer Bank Accounts Today, the Bureau announced its action to halt the operations of an...
Bureau Seeks More than $500 Million In Relief For Borrowers of Corinthian's Private Student Loans Today, the Bureau sued for-profit college chain Corinthian...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned credit card companies against deceptively marketing interest-rate promotions.
Payment Processor to Pay Over $6 Million in Relief to Consumers Today, the Bureau announced an enforcement action against Global Client Solutions, a leading...
First Investors Fined $2.75 Million for Knowingly Providing Inaccurate Information to Credit Reporting Agencies for Years Today the Bureau is taking action...
Along with other cases from federal and state partners, today we charged that mortgage rescue scammers have taken $25 million in illegal advance fees from consumers. It serves as a reminder of how important it is to watch out for scam artists trying to take advantage of people who need help avoiding foreclosure. Read more to learn how to protect yourself from these scams.
Georgia Firm Relies on Deceptive Court Filings and Faulty Evidence to Churn Out Lawsuits Today, the Bureau filed a lawsuit in a federal district court...
Today, the Bureau, Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and attorneys general in 49 states and the District of...
Payment Processor to Pay $1.376 Million for Aiding Illegal Practices by Debt-Settlement Companies Today, the Bureau announced an enforcement action against...
The company falsely claims that it does not charge consumers upfront fees for debt-relief services and falsely represents to consumers that they will become...
The two companies must return about $6.5 million to servicemembers for failing to properly disclose all the fees charged to participants in the companies'...
In total, these operations took in more than $10 million by charging consumers for services that falsely promised to prevent foreclosures or renegotiate...
Today's actions stem from a joint "sweep," a review conducted by the CFPB and the FTC of about 800 randomly selected mortgage-related ads across the...
This action is the result of a multi-part federal investigation which found that at every stage of the consumer experience, from marketing to enrollment to...
The joint investigation concerned deceptive telemarketing and sales tactics used by Discover to mislead consumers into paying for various credit card...
