Tag Archives: Enforcement Action

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a $20 million settlement with a company accused of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by improperly obtaining individuals’ credit reports and the FTC’s Red Flags Rule for failing to implement an identity theft program. The company, Vivint Smart Homes, will pay a $15 …

The Attorney General of Indiana has obtained a $1.3 million judgment against a collection agency and its owner that were accused of engaging in deceptive and abusive collection practices and operating without a proper license. The AG filed a lawsuit against New Britain Financial and its founder, Nelson Macwan, last …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced it had entered into a consent order with a debt collector and its owner for falsely threatening to take legal action against individuals and that the company and the owner have been permanently banned from the industry and ordered to pay $860,000 in …

The Federal Trade Commission yesterday announced settlements in a pair of cases it brought under Operation Corrupt Collector, where each of the defendants have agreed to lifetime bans from working in the collection industry and will turn over all the money in their bank accounts to satisfy more than $27 …

The post-Kraninger Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its first enforcement action yesterday, and while it might not directly relate to the accounts receivable management industry, there are a number of insights that the industry can and should glean from the news. In conjunction with the Attorneys General of Virginia, New …

The Attorney General of Massachusetts has announced a “first-of-its-kind” settlement with a student loan servicer that had been sued for allegedly engaging in unfair and deceptive practices that will require it to audit all 200,000 of its accounts in the state to determine if an error or misrepresentation was made …

The Attorney General of Minnesota has obtained a settlement with a student loan debt relief company that illegally collected fees from individuals and misrepresented its services that will see the company pay the state more than $11,000 and cease operations in the state. The company, Document Assist Center, is based …

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday announced it had issued a consent order against Santander Consumer USA, accusing it of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by furnishing accurate information to credit reporting agencies and fining the nonprime auto lender $4.75 million. A copy of the consent order is available …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has reached a $60 million settlement with the defunct lending arm of a bankrupt for-profit lender, ending a five-year legal battle. The settlement, with ITT Educational Services, Inc., resolves a lawsuit the CFPB filed back in 2014 that accused the lender of engaging in unfair …