From the
Office of the Missouri Attorney General:
- Attorney General Chris Koster [] filed three separate lawsuits against individuals and their companies for misleading Missouri consumers in connection with mortgage-modification services.
The lawsuits were filed against Colleen Kelly, a Missouri resident operating Heartland Loss Mitigation, LLC,; Eric Mader, a Florida attorney operating Mader Law Group, LLC, a Florida company; and Jim Caplan, a Florida attorney operating CAPLAW, P.A., a Florida company.
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- The lawsuits allege that these companies engaged in multiple deceptive or unfair practices, including:
Requiring and receiving advance payment for loan-modification services;
Failing to provide the loan-modification services paid for by consumers in those advance fees;
Failing to refund consumers for loan-modification services not received;
Persuading consumers to cease mortgage payments to their lenders by promising successful loan modifications;
Failing to place legally required notifications of homeowners’ rights in contracts between defendants and those homeowners; and
Engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in Missouri.
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