By Adrianne Appel2024-08-12T13:25:00
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).
The company also would have to remove any references to telemarketing, in any language, from all of the company’s written and online materials, according to the proposed order.
2024-11-04T20:09:00Z By Adrianne Appel
VyStar credit union has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine and make restitution to customers harmed by its alleged lack of due diligence when it launched a new banking platform, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
2024-10-25T13:55:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Businesses need to follow the consumer protection rules of the Fair Credit Reporting Act when engaging in employee surveillance, which includes background reports about employees produced by third parties using artificial intelligence, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in new guidance.
2024-07-31T15:31:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A nationwide rental outlet affiliated with Rent-a-Center and its chief executive have been sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly deceiving five million consumers about the terms of credit agreements.
2025-07-31T18:47:00Z By Adrianne Appel
More than 50 people and 50 ships connected to a top Iranian official were added to the U.S. Treasury’s sanctions list on Wednesday, according to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
2025-07-31T16:44:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Kentucky took aim at Chinese company Temu, alleging in a lawsuit that it counterfeited popular Kentucky-designed merchandise and violated customers’ privacy.
2025-07-30T17:56:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The Department of Labor is using poultry processing company Mar-Jac Poultry as an example of what will happen when companies repeatedly employ underage workers in hazardous conditions. Hint: Companies can’t pin the blame on staffing agencies.
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