FDATR, Inc.; Dean Tucci; and Kenneth Wayne Halverson
On November 20, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) filed a lawsuit against FDATR, Inc. (FDATR), and its owners, Dean Tucci and Kenneth Wayne Halverson. FDATR was a corporation headquartered in Wood Dale, Illinois, that promised to provide student-loan debt-relief and credit-repair services to consumers nationwide. FDATR involuntarily dissolved in September 2020. Tucci and Halverson both owned and managed FDATR. The Bureau alleges that FDATR, Tucci, and Halverson violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) by engaging in deceptive and abusive telemarketing acts or practices and the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA) by engaging in deceptive acts or practices. The Bureau’s complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeks injunctions against FDATR, Tucci, and Halverson, as well as damages, redress to consumers, disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, and the imposition of civil money penalties. On February 25, 2021, the Bureau filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of Halverson, now deceased, and the court dismissed him from this action the next day. On February 7, 2022, the Bureau obtained a default judgment and order against FDATR imposing $2,117,133.28 in consumer redress, a $41,123,897 civil money penalty, and injunctive relief permanently banning it from offering or providing financial advisory, debt-relief, or credit-repair services and from telemarketing consumer financial products or services.
Related documents
Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Defendant Halverson
Minute Entry Dismissing Halverson Without Prejudice
Default Judgement and Order Against FDATR, Inc.