Pressler & Pressler, LLP, Sheldon H. Pressler, and Gerard J. Felt
The Bureau ordered the debt collection law firm Pressler & Pressler, LLP, two principal partners, and New Century Financial Services, Inc., a debt buyer, to...
Enforcement actions
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 .
New Century Financial Services, Inc.
The Bureau ordered the debt collection law firm Pressler & Pressler, LLP, two principal partners, and New Century Financial Services, Inc., a debt buyer, to...
Dmitry Fomichev
The Bureau took action on April 21, 2016 against Dmitry Fomichev, co-founder of T3Leads, a company that resold loan applications containing sensitive...
Davit Gasparyan, a/k/a David Gasparyan
The CFPB took action on April 21, 2016 against Davit Gasparyan, a/k/a David Gasparyan, co-founder of T3Leads, a company that...
Student Aid Institute, Steven Lamont
The Bureau took action to halt a student loan debt relief scam that illegally tricked borrowers into paying fees for federal loan benefits and...
Dwolla, Inc.
The Bureau took action against online payment platform Dwolla for deceiving consumers about its data security practices and the safety of its online payment...
Citibank, N.A., Department Stores National Bank, and CitiFinancial Servicing, LLC
The Bureau took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices. This action is against both Citibank and two...
Faloni & Associates, LLC
The Bureau took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices. This action is against both Citibank and two...
Solomon & Solomon, P.C.
The Bureau took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices. This action is against both Citibank and two...
Citibank, N.A.
The Bureau took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices. In this action, the CFPB ordered Citibank to...
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
The Bureau and Department of Justice (DOJ) resolved an action with Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, under which Toyota Motor Credit will change its pricing...
Y King S Corp., d/b/a Herbies Auto Sales
The Bureau took action against Herbies Auto Sales, a buy-here pay-here used car dealer, for abusive financing schemes, hiding auto finance charges and...
D and D Marketing, Inc., d/b/a T3Leads, Grigor Demirchyan, and Marina Demirchyan
CFPB took separate actions against T3Leads and individuals that resold sensitive personal data to lenders and debt collectors, allegedly exposing millions...
Interstate Auto Group, Inc. aka. CarHop, and Universal Acceptance Corporation
The CFPB is taking action against CarHop, one of the country's biggest "buy-here, pay-here" auto dealers, and its affiliated financing company, Universal...
Eric V. Sancho d/b/a Lead Publisher
CFPB took action against Eric V. Sancho, who operated a company called Lead Publisher that sold leads to fraudulent debt collectors without regard for how...
EZCORP, Inc.,Texas EZPAWN, L.P.,Texas EZMONEY, L.P. et al.
CFPB took action against EZCORP, Inc., a small-dollar lender, for illegal debt collection practices.
Collecto, Inc. d/b/a EOS CCA
CFPB filed a federal complaint against EOS CCA (EOS), a Massachusetts debt collection firm, for reporting and collecting on old cellphone debt that...
Clarity Services, Inc., and Timothy Ranney
CFPB took action against a nationwide credit reporting company, Clarity Services, Inc., and its owner, Tim Ranney, for illegally obtaining consumer credit...
Integrity Advance, LLC and James R. Carnes
On November 18, 2015, the Bureau filed a notice of charges against an online lender, Integrity Advance, LLC, and its CEO, James R. Carnes.
Global Financial Support, Inc. d/b/a Student Financial Resource Center, d/b/a College Financial Advisory; and Armond Aria a/k/a Armond Amir Aria
On October 29, 2015, the Bureau filed a complaint against Global Financial Support, Inc. (Global Financial), which operates under the names Student Financial Resource Center and College Financial Advisory, and its owner and CEO, Armond Aria.
General Information Services, Inc., and e-Backgroundchecks.com, Inc.
CFPB took action against General Information Services and its affiliate, e-Background-checks.com, Inc. (BGC), two of the largest employment background...
Security National Automotive Acceptance Company, LLC.
CFPB filed a lawsuit against an auto loan company, Security National Automotive Acceptance Company, for aggressive debt collection tactics against...
Westlake Services, LLC, d/b/a Westlake Financial Services. LLC, and Wilshire Consumer Credit, LLC, d/b/a as Wilshire Commercial Capital, LLC
CFPB took action against an indirect auto finance company and its auto title lending subsidiary for pressuring borrowers using illegal debt collection tactics.
Fifth Third Bank
The CFPB took action against Fifth Third Bank for discriminatory auto loan pricing.
Fifth Third Bank
The CFPB took action against Fifth Third for deceptive marketing of credit card add-on products. The action requires the bank to provide an estimated $3...