When we take an enforcement action against an entity or person we believe has violated the law, we will post court documents and other related materials here.
The Bureau may enforce the law by filing an action in federal district court or by initiating an administrative adjudication proceeding. Administrative proceedings are conducted by an Administrative Law Judge, who holds hearings and issues a recommended decision. Proceedings are conducted in accordance with the Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings.
On September 13, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Reliant Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Horizon Card Services and Robert Kane, its sole shareholder, owner, and chief executive officer.
On August 29, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against New Day Financial, LLC (NewDay USA), a nonbank direct mortgage lender headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, specializing in offering refinance mortgage loans guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
On July 26, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Acima Holdings, LLC and Acima Digital, LLC (collectively, “Acima”), and Acima’s founder and former CEO, Aaron Allred (“Allred”).
On July 9, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against Fifth Third Bank, N.A., a national bank that, among other things, offers and services motor vehicle loans to consumers directly and through a variety of vehicle dealers.
On June 18, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against NOVAD Management Consulting, LLC. NOVAD ran a loan-servicing operation that serviced home equity conversion mortgages, or reverse mortgage loans, on behalf of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
On June 18, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against Sutherland Global Services, Inc., Sutherland Mortgage Services, Inc., and Sutherland Government Solutions, Inc. Sutherland ran a loan-servicing operation that serviced home equity conversion mortgages, or reverse mortgage loans, on behalf of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
On May 31, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), a student loan servicer and guaranty agency headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which does business as American Education Services or AES.
On May 20, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against Western Benefits Group, LLC, a telemarketer and seller of student-loan debt-relief services, headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
On May 17, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against SoLo Funds, Inc. (SoLo), a fintech company that operates a nationwide website and mobile-application based peer-to-peer lending platform through which consumers can obtain small-dollar, short-term loans.
On May 7, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against Chime Financial, Inc. (Chime), a financial-technology company that designed and services consumer banking accounts for two separate FDIC-insured “partner banks.”
On May 6, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a complaint and two proposed stipulated final judgments to resolve the Bureau’s claims against the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts (the Trusts) and the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency d/b/a American Education Services (PHEAA), respectively.
On April 17, 2024, the Bureau issued an order against BloomTech, Inc., a for-profit vocational school that is also known as the Bloom Institute of Technology and was formerly known as the Lambda School, and Austen Allred, the company’s founder and CEO.
On January 10, 2024, the Bureau and seven state attorneys general filed a complaint and sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against StratFS, LLC f/k/a Strategic Financial Solutions, LLC, as well as its holding company Strategic Family, Inc.; various of its subsidiaries, and as individuals: SFS Chief Executive Officer Ryan Sasson, Jason Blust, Daniel Blumkin, and Albert Ian Behar.
On December 11, 2023, the Bureau, together with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), filed a complaint against land development companies Colony Ridge Development, LLC and Colony Ridge BV, LLC, affiliate mortgage company Colony Ridge Land, LLC (collectively, the Colony Ridge defendants), and loan origination company Loan Originator Services, LLC.
On December 19, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against U.S. Bank in connection with its administration of prepaid debit cards that held unemployment insurance benefits.
On December 15, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc. (Commonwealth), a Pennsylvania-based third-party debt collection company that collects past-due medical debts and furnishes information about consumers to consumer reporting agencies (CRAs).
On November 28, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Bank of America, N.A., which is a national bank headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina with branches and ATMs located in 38 states and the District of Columbia.
On November 20, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (“Toyota Credit”), which is the United States-based auto-financing arm of Toyota Motor Corporation and one of the largest indirect auto lenders in the country.
On November 15, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Enova International, Inc., a publicly-traded online small-dollar lender, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that markets, provides, and services loans under the brand names CashNetUSA (CNU) and NetCredit.
On October 17, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Chime, Inc. doing business as Sendwave, a nonbank remittance transfer provider headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
On October 12, 2023, the Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission filed a joint complaint and stipulated order against TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Greenwood Village, Colorado, and its parent company, Trans Union LLC, a Delaware company with its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois.
