July 09, 2019
Freedom Debt Relief LLC has agreed to pay $20 million in restitution and a $5 million fine in a deal to resolve a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers about its debt settlement services, the federal agency said Tuesday.
February 06, 2018
Freedom Debt Relief LLC on Monday sought to torpedo a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suit that accuses the company of having misled customers about its debt settlement services, telling a California federal court that the consumer financial watchdog's allegations don't show anything the company did or said was actually deceptive or harmful.
November 08, 2017
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the debt settlement company Freedom Debt Relief LLC and its co-founder in California federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of deceptive practices ranging from misleading consumers about fees to making some customers negotiate their own settlements.