Enforcement Actions - Financial Regulation
Enforcement actions are available below in Portable Document Format (PDF) for calendar years 2011 to the present (download Adobe Acrobat for free).
NOTE: To Search for an enforcement action for a specific individual or business entity, please enter the individual or business entity's name in the search field on the page that opens when you click on this link.
For Non-Depository Enforcement Actions:
If you wish to obtain a PDF copy of a non-depository enforcement action prior to calendar year 2011, please send an e-mail to legaladmin.dllr@maryland.gov. Any additional questions regarding a non-depository enforcement action listed below may be directed to legaladmin.dllr@maryland.gov.
NOTE: All respondents' names associated with a specific enforcement action may not appear in the chart on this page, however, all respondents' names are listed in the corresponding PDF order.
For Depository Enforcement Actions:
If you wish to obtain a PDF copy of a depository enforcement action prior to calendar year 2011, please send an e-mail to Deputy Commissioner Teresa Louro. Any additional questions regarding a depository enforcement action listed below may be directed to Deputy Commissioner Teresa Louro.
NOTE: Depository enforcement actions include actions against trust companies.
Non-Depository Enforcement Actions 2012 | |||
Date | Type of Order | Regulated Activity | Case Name |
12/20/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of CC Brown Law LLC d/b/a C.C. Brown Law LLC d/b/a CC Brown Law Corporation d/b/a CC Brown Law Offices d/b/a the Law Office of CC Brown d/b/a CC Brown Law Group d/b/a CC Brown Law, and Charles Craig Brown, Esquire (PDF) |
12/20/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of National Loan Restructuring, LLC, Atlas Financial, Incorporated, Robert Ready, Charles R. Stevens, and Philip Q. Howell a/k/a Phil Howell (PDF) |
12/20/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Home Preservation Group LLC f/k/a Effective Marketing LLC, Svetlana Popok a/k/a Lana Popok, Anthony O. Harrison, and Edward Faygenblat (PDF) |
12/11/2012 | Final Order | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of National Relief Group, Inc. and Brian Pacios (PDF) |
12/11/2012 | Final Settlement Agreement & Consent Order | Consumer Lending | In the Matter of East Side Lenders, LLC (PDF) |
12/10/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Homeowner Alliance Foundation, Inc., d/b/a Home Owner Alliance Foundation and Jeffrey A. Gordon, Sr. (PDF) |
12/10/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Expert Financial Services, Inc. d/b/a Federal Modification Experts, and Richard White, Sr. a/k/a Rick White, Sr. (PDF) |
12/7/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Tyo Hodgins d/b/a Loan Modification Svc, LLC d/b/a Financial Solutions Group (PDF) |
12/6/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Martorana Legal Services, LLC d/b/a Martorana Legal Services, LLC, and Kim Grette Martorana, Esquire (PDF) |
12/6/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Thurman Law Group, Inc. d/b/a the Thurman Law Group, Trinity Pacific Law Center, Inc., Timothy Douglas Thurman, Nancy Strongo, Heather Knorr, Keith Bray, and Christopher C. Carr, Esquire d/b/a Axis Law Group (PDF) |
12/5/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of 123 Fix My Loan, LLC, Allegiant Investments, LLC, Mark Daniel Parker, Keith D. Callahan, Marc Richard Castrechini (PDF) |
12/5/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of The Loan Modification Team, LLC f/k/a Entrust USA, LLC, Malden CA, LLC, and John-David Wilkerson (PDF) |
12/5/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of United Law Group, Inc., Sean A. Rutledge, and Robert J. Buscho, Esquire (PDF) |
11/28/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Home Ownership Protection Education Alliance d/b/a H.O.P.E. Alliance, Law & Associates, LLC, Marianne Brayshaw, Jason Nadler, Judy Forbes, Sandra Thompson, Jim Susko, Brian Layne, Todd Martin, and Thomas E. Law, II (PDF) |
11/27/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Hope Alliance Foundation Corp d/b/a Hope Alliance Foundation, Real Estate Loan Negotiation Services L.L.C. d/b/a Real Estate Loan Negotiation Services f/k/a Vi-Team LLC, Rogelio Robles a/k/a Roger Robles, Charlie Sweat, and Pamela Thomas (PDF) |
11/27/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Discount Credit Relief, LLC d/b/a Discount Credit Relief d/b/a Discount Mortgage Relief, Mortgage Relief, LLC d/b/a Discount Mortgage Relief, INQB8 LLC, John Common, Libby Muelhaupt, and Bruce Spurlock (PDF) |
11/26/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Safehouse 911, LLC d/b/a Safehouse Your House 911, Professional Mortgage Restructuring d/b/a Safehouse d/b/a Green Tree Financial, Michael Ballie Wayman d/b/a Safehouse Your House 911, Professional Mortgage Restructuring d/b/a Safehouse d/b/a Green Tree Financial, Scott Spencer d/b/a Safehouse Your House 911, Professional Mortgage Restructuring d/b/a Safehouse d/b/a Green Tree Financial (PDF) |
11/26/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Home Rescue Programs, Inc., d/b/a Home Rescue Programs, Home Rescue Programs LLC d/b/a Home Rescue Programs, Home Rescue Programs, LLC d/b/a Home Rescue Programs, Violation of Institutional Corruption & Evasion, Inc d/b/a V.O.I.C.E, Steven T. Duplain, Brian R. Suder, Jeffery D. Murcia, and Patricia Garcia (PDF) |
11/26/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Carter Anderson LLC a/k/a C&A Financial, C&A Financial a/k/a Carter Anderson LLC, John C Anderson a/k/a Cater Anderson LLC a/k/a C&A Financial, Ryan Anderson a/k/a Cater Anderson LLC a/k/a C&A Financial, and Dmario Carter a/k/a Carter Anderson LLC a/k/a C&A Financial (PDF) |
11/14/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business, Mortgage Lending, Mortgage Brokering, & Mortgage Originating | In the Matter of Franco B. Villatoro dba Metropolitan Financial Solutions (PDF) |
11/13/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Premier Legal Advocates and Brian Pascal (PDF) |
11/13/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of National Foreclosure Consultant Group, LLC d/b/a the National Foreclosure Consultant Group, Velahos & Associates, LLC d/b/a the Law Office of Efthemios D. Velahos, Esquire d/b/a the Velahos Law Firm, Efthemios D. Velahos, Esquire d/b/a the Law Offices of Efthemios D. Velahos, Esquire d/b/a the Velahos Law Firm, and Nancy Velahos a/k/a Nancy Birch (PDF) |
11/13/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of U.S. Mortgage Funding Incorporated f/k/a U.S. Mortgage Funding, Inc. d/b/a Diversified Home Solutions, Lachs Capital, LLC, d/b/a Lachs Capital d/b/a Diversified Home Solutions, Jamen M. Lachs, Louis Gendason, Kathy Tenore, Shaun Semesky, and Bryce Jackson (PDF) |
11/7/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Modified Mortgage Solutions Co. a/k/a Modified Mortgage Solutions Company a/k/a Modified Mortgage Solutions, and Nick J. Gottuso (PDF) |
11/7/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Aria & Associates, Inc. d/b/a American Loan Assistance, Kathryn Hill, and Kamran Djazaeri (PDF) |
11/7/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Home Freedom Partners, LLC d/b/a Home Freedom Capital a/k/a Home Freedom Capital, LLC, Home Freedom Partners LLC d/b/a Home Freedom Capital a/k/a Home Freedom Capital, LLC, Brian L. Lee, Randal E. Sandmann, Sid Reich, and Kathy Ann Wood (PDF) |
11/1/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Federal Modification Group, WJE Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Federal Modification Group, Distressed Property Experts LLC d/b/a Federal Modification Group, and Thomas Glassman d/b/a Federal Modification Group (PDF) |
11/1/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Home Start Services a/k/a Homestart Services, Albert Gonzalez, Ranna Monroe, Jessica Gonzalez, Jonathan Brisby, and Zeek Edwards (PDF) |
11/1/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Home American Solutions, LLP d/b/a Home American Solutions, Sherwood Archer LLC, Rene De Leon, Pedrina Rodriguez, Curt Mohammed, and Rene Zelaya a/k/a Rene Oswaldo (PDF) |
11/1/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of E.J.J. Legal Services, a Professional Corporation, the Law Offices of Eunjin Chang and Associates, APC, Eunjin Chang, Esquire (PDF) |
10/4/2012 | Settlement Agreement | Consumer Lending | In the Matter of National Lawsuit Funding, LLC (PDF) |
9/14/2012 | Final Order | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Svetlana Popok (PDF) |
8/12/2012 | Settlement Agreement and Consent Order | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Supreme Consulting LLC, Bryan Tucker-Bey, and Weyimi Ayu a/k/a Oritseweyi Omaruke Ayu a/k/a Omar Ayu Oritseweyimi a/k/a Oritseweyi Ayu a/k/a Oritseweyimi Ayu a/k/a Weyimi O. Ayu a/k/a Oritseweyim Ayu a/k/a Oritseweyim Omar Ayu (PDF) |
6/28/2012 | Settlement Agreement | Collection Agency | In the Matter of LVNV Funding LLC and Resurgent Capital Services Limited Partnership (PDF) |
6/5/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Jacob Stephens (PDF) |
6/5/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Homeowners Financial Mitigation, Inc. (PDF) |
5/30/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of United Mediation Group (PDF) |
5/17/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Alex Martinez & Partners, Inc., Luis Alejandro Martinez a/k/a Alex Martinez, and James Bowen Thomas a/k/a Jim Thomas (PDF) |
5/17/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Mod Pilot Inc., d/b/a Mod Pilot, Matthew Smith, and Mark McIntyre (PDF) |
5/17/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Mariame Robinson (PDF) |
4/12/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Roxana Salgado (PDF) |
4/12/2012 | Amended Summary Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Discount Credit Relief, LLC d/b/a Discount Credit Relief d/b/a Discount Mortgage Relief, Mortgage Relief, LLC d/b/a Discount Mortgage Relief, INQB8 LLC, John Common, Libby Muelhaupt, and Bruce Spurlock (PDF) |
4/11/2012 | Opinion and Final Order | Mortgage Lending | In the Matter of Latoya Samantha Calder (PDF) |
3/23/2012 | Settlement Agreement | Mortgage Servicing | In the Matter of James B. Nutter & Company (PDF) |
3/20/2012 | Final Order | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Loan Modification Group, et al. (PDF) |
3/20/2012 | Final Order | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Federal Loan Modification Law Center, et al. (PDF) |
3/12/2012 | Settlement Agreement and Consent Order | Mortgage Lending | In the Matter of Exit Mortgage LLC (PDF) |
3/12/2012 | Summary Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Donald P. Mazor, Esquire (PDF) |
3/5/2012 | Settlement Agreement and Consent Order | Mortgage Lending | In the Matter of Marketing, USA, LLC, David Mark Goldsmith, Morgan Wingate Pritchett, and Irina Brusilovsky (PDF) |
2/1/2012 | Final Order to Cease and Desist | Credit Services Business | In the Matter of Svetlana Popok (PDF) |
View Enforcement Actions for Past Years and Depository Institutions
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2018
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2017
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2016
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2015
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2014
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2013
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2012
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2011
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2010
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2009
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2008
- View Non-Depository Enforcement Actions for 2007
- View Depository Enforcement Actions