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Arizona AG Announces $1.6 Million Settlement with Debt Collectors

​On May 16, 2022, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (Arizona AG) announced that it reached a settlement agreement with the owner of several debt collection companies regarding alleged deceptive debt collection practices in violation of state law. The agreement resolves a lawsuit by the Arizona AG filed in September 2020, alleging that the companies collected or attempted to collect payments…

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CFBP and NY AG Sue Global Payment Company

On April 21, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) anno​unced ​a joint enforcement action with the New York Attorney General (NY AG) against one of the largest international remittance providers in the United States. The seven-count complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenges the Dallas-based company’s remittance…

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Massachusetts AG Settles Claims Against Subprime Auto Lender for $5.56 Million

On February 8, 2022,​ the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (Massachusetts AG) announced that it entered into a settlement agreement with a lender concerning its subprime auto loan disclosure and debt collection practices.  The Massachusetts AG filed an assurance of discontinuance​ in Suffolk County Superior Court alleging that the lender failed to provide consumers with adequate disclosures regarding how deficiencies…

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DC AG Reaches $4 Million Settlement with Online Lender

On February 8, 2022, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (DC AG) announced​ that a Delaware-based online lender has agreed to pay $3​.3 million to refund over 2,500 consumers who allegedly received misleadingly high-cost loans and lines of credit.  This agreement resolves​ a lawsuit filed by the DC AG in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia,…

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39 State Attorneys General Reach $1.85 Billion Settlement With Student Loan Servicer

On January 13, thirty-nine state Attorneys General announced that they had reached a settlement with a national student loan servicer.  The settlement resolves allegations that, since 2009, the servicer had been steering borrowers into higher-cost, longer-term forbearance arrangements.  The Attorneys General alleged the practices increased borrower loan balances and violated various provisions of each state’s laws. …

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District of Columbia AG Reaches $2 Million Settlement With Online Lender

On November 30, the District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office (DC AG) announced a settlement with an online lender targeting consumers with below-average credit, under which the lender agreed to pay $1.5 million in refunds to consumers and $250,000 to the District, and to waive over $640,000 in interest.  Further, the agreement obligates the lender to reduce its interest…

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New York Attorney General Shuts Down Buffalo Debt Collection Firm

On November 23, 2021, the New York Attorney General (“NYAG”) announced an agreement shutting down a Buffalo, NY based debt collection firm that the NYAG alleges violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”), the Consumer Financial Protection Act (“CFPA”), and various provisions of the New York General Business Laws. …

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Minnesota AG Announces Approval of $38 Million in Student Loan Debt Relief and Restitution

On September 30, 2021, the Minnesota Attorney General (“Minnesota AG”) announced that a federal bankruptcy court had approved $23.6 million in student debt relief and $15.8 million in restitution for students of two for-profit universities that allegedly engaged in consumer fraud and illegal lending practices. The settlement​, originally announced in March 2021, resolved allegations that the universities misled students…

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Washington AG Settles with Debt Collector Over Deceptive Debt Settlement Letters

On September 8, 2021, the Washington Attorney General’s Office (AG) announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with a debt collection company, resolving allegations that the company had violated the Washington Consumer Protection Act (CPA), RCW 19.86, and the Washington Collection Agency Act (CAA), RCW 19.16. The settlement concludes a lawsuit originally filed June…

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Virginia AG Settles with Foreclosure Rescue Lender

On August 24, 2021, the Virginia Attorney General (“Virginia AG”) announced that it entered into settlement ​with a Virginia-based lender and its managing member over allegations that the lender violated §§ 6.2-303 and 6.2-1501(A) of Virginia’s consumer finance statute.​​​  The settlement was filed as a consent judgment in the Circuit Court for​ the…

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Debt Settlement Company Enters into $1 Million Consent Judgment with Massachusetts AG

On August 31, 2021, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (Massachusetts AG) announced that it reached a settlement with a Massachusetts-based debt settlement company to resolve allegations that the company violated the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act.  The settlement resolves a lawsuit originally filed by the Massachusetts AG in 2018.  In the complaint, the Massachusetts AG alleged that the…

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Washington AG Reaches Settlement with Debt Collector to Resolve Lawsuit Concerning Its Alleged Failure to Offer Garnishment Exemptions and Collection of Unlawful Fees

On June 8, 2020 the Washington Attorney General’s office (Washington AG) announced that a consent order had been reached with a Colorado-based debt collection agency that would require the agency to pay $475,000 to approximately 5,000 Washington consumers to resolve a lawsuit originally filed in April 2020 in Washington state…

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Massachusetts AG Reaches Settlement with Bank to Provide Student Loan Debt Relief

On May 28, 2021, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy (Massachusetts​ AG) announced a settlement with a bank, acting as an agent for lenders, which requires the bank to permanently discharge debts and return payments made by certain former students of a regional for-profit university.  The settlement requires the bank to refund over $30,000 in recent loan repayments made by certain Massachusetts borrowers…

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Massachusetts AG Announces Settlement with Auto Lender for Alleged Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices

O​n May 27, 2021, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AG) announced that it had reached a settlement with a subprime auto lender resolving alleged violations of the state’s unfair and deceptive acts and practices law. The Massachusetts AG alleged that the auto lender, in connection with its purchase of auto retail installment sales contracts from…

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Minnesota AG Announces Settlement with Student Loan Debt Relief Company

On April 13, 2021, the Minnesota Attorney General Office (Minnesota AG) announced that it reached a settlement with a California-based student-loan debt-relief company resolving alleged violations of Minnesota’s Debt Services Settlement Act, Prevention of Consumer Fraud Act, Minn. Stat. § 325F.69, et seq.,​ and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Minn. Stat. § 325D.43, et seq. The Minnesota…

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Pennsylvania AG Settles with Student Loan Debt Buyer for $2.6 Million

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On April 6, 2021, the Pennsylvania Attorney General (Pennsylvania AG) announced that it reached an agreement with a Texas-based debt buyer concerning a portfolio of student loan debt it purchased from a now-defunct for-profit college. According to the Pennsylvania AG, the debt purchaser purchased the portfolio of loans after the for-profit college abruptly closed in December 2018 due to…

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