Credit Repair Cloud (CRC) and its chief executive will pay $3 million in combined penalties and put in place significant compliance measures over illegally charging customers, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

CEO Daniel Rosen will pay $2 million and CRC $1 million, the CFPB announced in a press release Thursday. The company was ordered to put in place a comprehensive compliance program to determine if the credit repair businesses the company assists are violating the Telemarketing Sale Rule (TSR).

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