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 January 17, 2025, the Bureau filed a complaint and proposed consent order to resolve allegations against Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corporation (Draper), a non-depository mortgage lender based in Downers Grove, Illinois.
On January 14, 2025, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Capital One, N.A., a national bank with over $480 billion in assets, and its parent holding company, Capital One Financial Corp.
On January 7, 2025, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Experian Information Solutions, Inc., one of the largest consumer reporting agencies in the country.
On December 23, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Rocket Homes Real Estate, LLC, doing business as Rocket Homes, JMG Holding Partners LLC, doing business as The Jason Mitchell Group, 45 of its affiliates (collectively, The Mitchell Group), and Jason Mitchell, the majority owner and Chief Executive Officer of The Mitchell Group.
On December 20, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS), Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., claiming they failed to safeguard the Zelle network from fraud and other defects, which resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in consumer losses.
On December 6, 2024, the Bureau filed a complaint against Comerica Bank. Comerica is a Texas banking association headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated, one of the largest banking associations in the country.
On October 17, 2024, the Bureau filed a lawsuit against Climb Credit, Inc.; its wholly owned subsidiary Climb Investco, LLC; its wholly owned sub-subsidiary Climb GS Loan Fund 2018-1, LLC; and the originators, initial owners, and initial operators of these entities, 1/0 Holdco LLC and 1/0 Capital LLC.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
On July 12, 2022, the Bureau filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Populus Financial Group, Inc., which does business as ACE Cash Express, Inc. (“ACE”).
On April 21, 2022, the Bureau filed a lawsuit jointly with the Attorney General of New York against MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (collectively, MoneyGram), nonbank remittance transfer providers headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
On April 12, 2022, the Bureau filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Northern District of Illinois against TransUnion, parent company of one of the three nationwide consumer reporting agencies, and two of its subsidiaries, TransUnion, LLC, TransUnion Interactive, Inc. (collectively, the TransUnion Companies), which are headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, as well as former executive John Danaher.
On January 10, 2022, the Bureau filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York against several individual debt collectors and buyers, and their companies.
