Court Hammers Alleged Loan Modification Racket With $100K Judgment; 2nd Score Against Foreclosure Rescue Operators In Recent Weeks For Wisconsin AG

In Dane County, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:

• A Dane County circuit judge has ordered the California-based Federal Loan Modification Center LLP to pay $105,754 and to stop doing business illegally in Wisconsin, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said [].

• Van Hollen said in a statement that the company falsely presented itself as part of a federal program offering to help distressed homeowners modify their loans and stave off foreclosure. The firm collected as much as $3,500 in fees from Wisconsin homeowners, then failed to provide promised services or refunds, Van Hollen said.

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• The state Justice Department last week won a $111,861 judgment against another California company, Relief Law Center Inc. for violating consumer protection laws in soliciting homeowners for purported loan modification services.(1) In that case, the solicitations were designed to appear as though the firm was a loan auditor investigating the homeowner's lender, Van Hollen said.

Source: Loan firm told to pay $105,754.

(1) See Van Hollen Announces Judgment Against USA Loan Auditors.