A US banking regulator says $384 million will soon be handed over to victims of an online bank’s illegal practices.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says 191,000 people will receive the cash windfall, which will be given to former customers of Texas-based Think Finance.
The agency filed a lawsuit against the lender in 2017, accusing the company of misleading customers into paying back loans they didn’t owe.
The company’s loans in 17 states were deemed illegal, void and uncollectible.
Now the CFPB says it is beginning to distribute $384 million from its victim assistance fund to support people caught in the scam.
Says CFPB Director Rohit Chopra:
“Victims of financial crime are too often left without recourse, even when the companies harming them are stopped by police.
The Victim Assistance Fund allows the CFPB to help consumers even when bad actors have squandered their ill-gotten gains.”
The agency began making payments on May 14 to people harmed by Think Finance’s practices.
Anyone who thinks they qualify can find more information here.
The CFPB says it has distributed approximately $19 billion since 2010 to consumers harmed by scams, fraud and other illegal practices.
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