CFPB Announces First Joint-Enforcement Action with the States
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. Today, at the request of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal district court in Miami entered an order requiring a nationwide debt-relief services company to refund up to $100,000 to consumers who were unlawfully charged advance fees for debt-settlement services. State Attorneys General of New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Wisconsin and the State of Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection…
