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Civil Litigation

Nov. 10, 2017

Consumer protection agency wins mortgage lawsuit

A federal judge in San Francisco fined a mortgage financing service $7.9 million and permanently enjoined it from a wide array of misleading business practices Thursday.

Consumer protection agency wins mortgage lawsuit
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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Thursday fined a mortgage financing service $7.9 million and permanently enjoined it from a wide array of misleading business practices.

The judgment is a victory for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which accused Nationwide Biweekly Administration Inc. of misleading customers and selling them mortgage financing packages that offered little or no financial benefit.

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