May 29, 2015
A Florida federal court lodged a final judgment Thursday against a law firm and four affiliates accused of using deceptive marketing practices and scamming distressed homeowners into paying illegal advance fees, finding the defendants liable for $11.7 million and ordering $16 million more in penalties.
May 05, 2015
A Florida law firm owner and two management service company executives agreed Tuesday to nearly $12 million each in suspended judgments to settle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's claim that the firm collected more than $5 million in illegal fees by recruiting homeowners into "mass-joinder" lawsuits against mortgage lenders.
March 03, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Monday granted a preliminary injunction against a law firm and four affiliated companies in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit accusing them of collecting more than $5 million in illegal fees by persuading homeowners to join "mass-joinder" lawsuits against mortgage lenders.
July 23, 2014
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday sued three law firms accused of scamming struggling homeowners, part of a nationwide sweep by federal and state regulators of allegedly fraudulent foreclosure prevention outfits.