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Illegal Advance Fees a Dark Cloud Over Credit Repair Company

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The CFPB has entered into a proposed stipulated final judgment and order with Daniel A. Rosen Inc., d/b/a Credit Repair Cloud and its owner (collectively, “CRC”) to resolve allegations that CRC violated the Telemarketing...more

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CFPB Issues Order Against Student Loan Debt Relief Telemarketer

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On May 20, 2024, the CFPB announced a settlement with a telemarketing company that offers student loan debt relief services to resolve allegations that it violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR") and the Consumer...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 14, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (March 12, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (February 27, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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2023 Year in Review: Debt Collection and Debt Settlement

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Welcome to the Debt Collection and Debt Settlement chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - Enforcement actions related to debt collection and debt...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (January 8, 2024)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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CFPB reaches $2.6 billion settlement with credit repair telemarketers

On August 28, the CFPB announced a proposed settlement with Utah-based credit repair telemarketers and various affiliates (collectively, "defendants") for allegedly committing deceptive acts and practices in violation of the...more

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CFPB announces settlement with nation’s largest credit repair organizations

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The CFPB announced this week that it has entered into a proposed settlement of a lawsuit it filed in 2019 in Utah federal district court against a group of defendants who constitute the largest credit repair organizations in...more

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CFPB Agrees to Settlement with Credit Repair Companies for $2.7 Billion And Ten-Year Industry Ban

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In May 2019, the CFPB initially sued six associated companies for allegedly violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act's prohibition against deceptive practices and the Telemarketing Sales Rule ("TSR")....more

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District Court orders individual to pay $148 million in student debt-relief scam

On July 7, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a final judgment and order against an individual defendant accused of operating and controlling a deceptive student loan debt relief operation....more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (July 10, 2023)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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District Court denies CFPB’s request for $2.7 billion in monetary relief for now

On June 7, the U.S District Court for the District of Utah denied the CFPB’s motion for an award of monetary and injunctive relief, assessment of civil money penalties, and final judgment in an action taken against a group of...more

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Credit repair companies file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in response to potential $3 billion CFPB judgment

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Recently, PGX Holdings, Inc. (PGX), one of the nation’s largest consumer credit repair companies, and twelve affiliates have entered into Chapter 11 bankruptcy under pressure from a potential $3 billion CFPB judgment for...more

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9th Circuit affirms decision in FCRA, CFPA, and TSR suit

In December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling holding an individual liable for violations of the FCRA, the TSR, and the CFPA after the defendant, who allegedly “played a...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 16, 2022)

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Alvaro Bedoya Sworn in as FTC Commissioner Following Senate Confirmation. On May 16, Alvaro Bedoya was sworn in as FTC Commissioner. The U.S. Senate confirmed Bedoya to the FTC’s open Commissioner on May 11. ...more

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CFPB Orders Debt-Relief Payment Processors to Pay More Than $11 Million and Imposes Industry Bans

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The CFPB announced an $11 million resolution of Telemarketing Sales Rule and Consumer Financial Protection Act claims against debt-relief payment processors and two individuals for allegedly collecting improper fees from...more

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CFPB Obtains Bans Against Student-Loan Debt Relief Companies and CEO

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CFPB filed a proposed stipulated final judgment to resolve allegations against affiliated debt relief companies and their top executive concerning alleged wrongful fee-charging practices and deceptive telemarketing in...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (May 2, 2022)

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Regulatory Announcements- FTC Holds April 2022 Open Commission Meeting and Launches Rulemaking Proceedings on Telemarketing. On April 28, the FTC held a virtual Open Commission Meeting to consider a Notice of Proposed...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (April 18, 2022)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

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CFPB Sues Software Company for Providing Substantial Assistance to Unlawful Credit Repair Businesses

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently filed a lawsuit in federal district court accusing a California-based software company and its founder, owner, and CEO of providing substantial assistance to illegal credit...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - October Top 10

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So, what happened at the CFPB in the past month? Bite #10 - An appeals court vacated the CFPB's award against two mortgage relief companies and their attorneys. Back in 2014, the CFPB brought an action against two legal...more

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CFPB sues software company and owner for allegedly assisting credit-repair businesses that charge unlawful advance fees

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The CFPB has filed a lawsuit in a California federal district court against Credit Repair Cloud (CRC), a software company, and its owner, in which the Bureau alleges that the defendants provided substantial assistance to...more

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CFPB Alleges that Service Provider Helped Credit-Repair Businesses Charge Illegal Fees

On September 20, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in federal district court against a California-based software company and its owner for allegedly violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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CFPB Sues Software Company for Allegedly Supporting Illegal Credit-Repair Fees

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On September 20, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it had filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California against a California-based software company and its...more

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