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CFPB requests $43M in restitution and fees from Biden-era enforcement case

On March 13, in a response to a court’s request for additional briefing, the CFPB requested a federal judge to levy $43 million in fines and restitution against the owner of a debt-relief company. The court previously issued...more

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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (December 3, 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 and Massachusetts AG Win $50M Judgment Against Credit Repair Services Company

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A federal district judge in Massachusetts entered a nearly $51 million judgment against Commonwealth Equity Group LLC (d/b/a Key Credit Repair) and its CEO after granting summary judgment in favor of the Consumer Financial...more

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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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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 (October 17, 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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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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Wiley Consumer Protection Download (March 27, 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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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 (November 29, 2021)

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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 Debt Settlement Company and its Owners for Abusive Telemarketing Practices

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On November 20, 2020, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a student-loan debt-relief company, FDATR, Inc., and its owners, Dean Tucci and Kenneth Wayne Halverson. FDATR was an Illinois company that involuntarily dissolved in...more

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's case against Citibank for violations relating to credit card add-on products

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Today we’re taking a look at the CFPB’s recent enforcement case against Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”) and two of Citibank’s subsidiaries, Department Stores National Bank (“DSNB”) and Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (USA) (“CCSI...more

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