Thursday, April 09, 2009

Indiana AG Files Civil Charges Against Five Loan Modification / Foreclosure Rescue Firms

From the Office of the Indiana Attorney General:
  • Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today filed lawsuits in Boone, Clark, Delaware, Grant and Marion counties against five foreclosure consultant companies alleging violations of state laws. [...] Foreclosure consultants target homeowners threatened with default and foreclosure and receive payment for services to allegedly stop or postpone the foreclosure.

  • The lawsuits filed today cite violations of three laws including the Deceptive Consumer Sales Act, Credit Services Organizations Act and the Mortgage Rescue Protection Fraud Act.

The five lawsuits filed today targeted the following companies:

  1. Foreclosure Assistance, LLC, Scottsdale, AZ,
  2. Homeownership Preservation Group, LLC (also known as Stop Foreclosure Save My Home), Melbourne, FL,
  3. You Walk Away, LLC, Carlsbad, CA,
  4. American Mitigation Group, Inc., Del Mar, CA,
  5. Foreclosure Relief Agency, LLC, Monarch Beach, CA.

For the Indiana AG's press release, see Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller files suit against Foreclosure Consultant Companies.

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