Published On: April 15, 2015
Why Do Some Law Firms Act Like Used Car Sales Lots? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (4/15/15) issued a final interpretive rule on how to provide mortgage applicants with a list of local homeownership [...]
Published On: January 26, 2015
Wells Fargo and Chase to Pay $35.7 Million After Loan Officers Illegally Traded Referrals for Cash and Marketing Services ILLEGAL MORTGAGE SCHEMES: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Maryland Attorney General took action [...]
Published On: January 17, 2015
“Safe Student Account Scorecard” that would help colleges to avoid partnering with financial institutions that offer checking and prepaid accounts with tricks and traps. Helping a client protect important assets before filing bankruptcy has always [...]
Published On: December 15, 2014
College Education Services and Student Loan Processing are charged with illegal advance fees. Accused of student loan fraud by falsely promised lower payments; falsely claimed quick relief from default or garnishment. STUDENT LOAN FRAUD - [...]
Published On: November 24, 2014
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "CFPB" is proposing additional measures to ensure that homeowners are treated fairly by mortgage servicers. Helping a client protect important assets before filing bankruptcy has always been seen as appropriate [...]
Published On: November 19, 2014
Real life look into the seamy world of debt collecting and the shady characters at the center of the multi-billion dollar business. In fact, many of the debt collectors were drug dealers in their past [...]
Published On: September 30, 2014
Flagstar Bank admits to unlawful practices that caused many consumers to lose the homes they were trying to save. "That is wrong and unacceptable." Bully tactics used to scare or coerce buyers. September 29, 2014 [...]
Published On: August 11, 2014
Predatory auto lenders have long preyed on low-income consumers falsifying the borrower’s income information without any regard to the borrower’s ability to pay the loan. The other day a caller said "I used a document [...]
Published On: July 25, 2014
'CFPB Files Suits for Operations that Used Deception and False Promises to Collect More than $25 Million in Illegal Fees from Distressed Homeowners. This is just a drop in the bucket compared to the amount [...]
Published On: July 25, 2014
Litigation against law firms, greedy attorneys, affiliated companies and others that claimed to perform work on behalf of homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. The other day a caller said "I used a document preparer [...]
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