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Company: Danielson Law Group
Penalty: $28,600,000
Year: 2015
Date: February 5, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: mortgage abuses
Mega-Scandal: Mortgage Abuses
Violation Description: A group of Utah-based defendants claiming to be legal experts in loan modifications settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they broke the law by conning consumers into paying hefty fees for worthless mortgage relief services. The five proposed orders settling the FTC's charges ban the defendants, led by Philip J. Danielson and his company, Danielson Law Group, from offering mortgage assistance relief services and from participating in the debt relief industry. The proposed settlements also imposed a $28.6 million judgment against all the defendants, reflecting the total amount of fees taken in by the scheme.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Utah
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