Suits have been brought, for instance, against Florida law firms Hoffman Law Group and Lanier Law, the (now closed) Mortgage Law Group of Chicago and its three partners and Utah’s Danielson Law Group. The so-called Operation Mis-Modification was co-ordinated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission and states including Florida, Illinois, New York, Arizona and Washington. 

Relief scams

The CFPB claimed: ‘The defendants disguised their false promises of foreclosure relief for struggling homeowners with claims that they were performing legal work. These tactics are used by foreclosure relief scams to attract victims, add credibility to their schemes, or exploit certain legal exemptions for the practice of law.’ Source: ABA