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DOJ Enters Into $108.7 Million Settlement with Credit Card Provider Resolving Allegations of Deceptive Marketing Practices

​On January 16, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached a settlement​ with a credit card provider resolving allegations that the provider violated the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA) through allegedly deceptive marketing of its credit card and wire transfer products, and by allegedly…

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Minnesota AG Reaches Over $1 Million Settlement With Debt Settlement Companies

​On October 21, 2024, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison ann​​ounc​ed that his office reached a settle​ment with two debt settlement companies to resolve allegations that the companies misrepresented their services and collected fees in exchange for promises of settling consumers’ debts before actually performing the promised services, in violation of state law Minn. Stat. §…

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