On April 29, 2015, the CFPB, in conjunction with the Maryland Attorney General, filed six proposed consent orders—five of which are against individual defendants—in its latest RESPA enforcement action. The Bureau alleges that a title company, two of its executives, and four loan officers concocted and carried out a mortgage-kickback scheme. These consent orders follow related proceedings against two national banks, which settled via consent orders requiring over $24 million in civil monetary penalties.
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