Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced Search

Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Union Workers Credit Services
Penalty: $70,000
Year: 2015
Date: February 3, 2015
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: credit card violation
Violation Description: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a federal district court to enter a consent order that would permanently ban a Texas-based company, Union Workers Credit Services, from offering any consumer credit products or services after it duped thousands of consumers into signing up for a sham credit card. The order also required the company to pay a penalty of $70,000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Source of Data: (click here)
Archived Source: (click here)
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.