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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection et al v. Consumer Advocacy Center Inc. et al

  1. July 10, 2023

    Disbarred Atty To Pay $243M For Student Loan, Crypto Scam

    A disbarred attorney who played a prominent role in a student loan scam and hid his cryptocurrency assets from the government during an investigation into those loans must pay $243 million in redress and civil penalties, a California federal judge has ruled.

  2. January 10, 2023

    Disbarred Atty Found In Contempt For Hiding Crypto Assets

    A California federal judge says a disbarred attorney likely hid cryptocurrency assets during a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau investigation of a student loan scam, and found him in contempt of court, ordering him to pay $1,000 per day if he doesn't hand over control of the assets to a receiver.

  3. December 08, 2021

    Disbarred Atty Can't Ditch CFPB, States' Telemarketing Claims

    A California federal judge on Tuesday denied a disbarred attorney's request to exit a suit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several state attorneys had launched against him and others over a student debt-relief operation that allegedly raked in tens of millions of dollars in illegal fees.

  4. September 08, 2021

    CFPB Says Disbarred Atty Misreads Telemarketing Law

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several states have urged a California federal judge not to dismiss some claims against a disbarred attorney for his alleged involvement in a student debt-relief operation accused of raking in tens of millions of dollars in illegal fees, saying his legal argument for dismissal is inaccurate.

  5. August 28, 2020

    CFPB, States Settle With 4 In Student Loan Debt-Relief Case

    Federal and state authorities have bagged partial settlements in their California federal court case against an alleged student debt-relief operation accused of raking in tens of millions in illegal advance fees, securing largely suspended judgments that include $1 fines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.