February 08, 2024
After a decade of litigation with four bankruptcy attorneys who ran a mortgage relief scam, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday agreed to end an appeal for $12 million in penalties, or about one-fifth of an initial judgment in the case.
August 01, 2022
A Wisconsin federal judge on Monday awarded a more than $29.2 million revised judgment to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a mortgage relief services case that previously ended in a $59 million judgment thrown out by the Seventh Circuit last year.
November 15, 2019
The principals of two mortgage relief law firms targeted in a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit have asked a Wisconsin federal judge to take back a $59 million judgment he awarded the agency to end the case, a conclusion they said could be upended by two pending U.S. Supreme Court appeals.
November 05, 2019
A Wisconsin federal judge has awarded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a $59 million judgment, concluding its lawsuit against two now-defunct mortgage relief law firms and their principals.
June 22, 2017
A Wisconsin federal judge signed off Wednesday on a $39 million judgment against a now-defunct mortgage assistance relief law firm to settle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's claims that it scammed struggling homeowners.
August 16, 2016
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a Wisconsin federal judge Monday to clarify and reconsider a recent ruling denying summary judgment to the CFPB on claims against two attorneys whose mortgage-relief businesses allegedly abused struggling homeowners who were seeking legal help.
July 21, 2016
A Wisconsin federal judge on Wednesday granted a win to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in its suit accusing the Mortgage Legal Group LLP and other attorneys of scamming struggling homeowners, although the judge dismissed liability for the individual defendants.
October 28, 2015
A law firm accused of scamming struggling homeowners on Tuesday urged a Wisconsin federal judge not to hand an early win to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying that the agency is wrongfully claiming it has authority to regulate the practice of law.
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.