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 October 12, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against TransUnion, parent company of one of the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies, and two of its subsidiaries, Trans Union LLC, and TransUnion Interactive, Inc., which are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
On October 10, 2023, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Freedom Mortgage Corporation (Freedom), a residential mortgage loan originator and servicer headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
On September 11, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Tempoe, LLC, a nonbank consumer finance company, with offices in Cincinnati, Ohio and Manchester, New Hampshire.
On August 22, 2023, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Heights Finance Holding Co. f/k/a Southern Management Corporation as well as its wholly owned, state-licensed subsidiaries.
On August 17, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Freedom Mortgage Corporation (Freedom), a residential mortgage loan originator and servicer headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
On August 17, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Realty Connect USA Long Island, Inc. (Realty Connect), a real estate brokerage firm based in Suffolk County, New York.
On July 19, 2023, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Snap Finance LLC, Snap RTO LLC, Snap Second Look LLC, Snap U.S. Holdings LLC, and Snap Finance Holdings LLC (collectively, Snap), a group of interrelated companies headquartered in West Valley, Utah.
On July 13, 2023, the Bureau and several state partners filed a complaint in an adversary proceeding against Prehired, LLC, Prehired Recruiting, LLC, and Prehired Accelerator, LLC.
On July 11, 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 July 11, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against Bank of America, N.A., which is a depository institution based in Charlotte, North Carolina to address the Bureau’s findings regarding the bank’s opening unauthorized consumer financial accounts and its misleading statements regarding certain credit cards rewards.
On June 27, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against ACI Worldwide Corp. and ACI Payments Inc. (collectively, ACI), a nationwide payment processor headquartered in Elkhorn, Nebraska.
On June 8, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued an order against Phoenix Financial Services, LLC (Phoenix), an Indiana-based debt collector that collects primarily past-due medical debts and furnishes information about consumers to consumer reporting agencies (CRAs).
On May 31, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued an order against OneMain Financial Holdings, LLC; OneMain Financial Group, LLC; OneMain Financial (HI), Inc.; OneMain Financial, Inc.; and OneMain Financial of Minnesota, Inc. (collectively referred to as OneMain). OneMain is an Indiana-based personal loan installment lender with more than 1,400 branches across 44 states.
On April 5, 2023, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against James R. Carnes and his wife, Melissa C. Carnes, both individually and in their roles as co-trustees of two trusts, as a result of James Carnes’s efforts to conceal assets and avoid paying a judgment of more than $43 million to the Bureau.
On March 23, 2023, the Bureau filed a complaint and proposed stipulated final judgment and order to resolve the Bureau's claims against Portfolio Recovery...
On February 27, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued an order against RMK Financial Corp. (RMK), a California-based mortgage lender that also does business under the name Majestic Home Loans.
On February 23, 2023, the Bureau issued an order against TitleMax parent company TMX Finance LLC, which extends consumer loans that are secured by the title to the borrower’s car.
On January 4, 2023, the Bureau and New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a joint lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Credit Acceptance Corporation, an indirect auto lender that funds and services car loans for subprime and deep-subprime consumers.
On December 22, 2022, the Bureau issued an order against Servicio UniTeller, Inc. (UniTeller), a nonbank remittance transfer provider headquartered in Rochelle Park, New Jersey.
On November 17, 2022, the Bureau issued an order against Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, a California-based mortgage servicer operating in all fifty states.
On October 18, 2022, the Bureau filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against ACTIVE Network, LLC, a payment processor owned by Global Payments, Inc., with its headquarters in Plano, Texas.
On September 29, 2022, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against MoneyLion Technologies Inc. (MoneyLion), ML Plus, LLC, and 37 MoneyLion lending subsidiaries.
