The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against a third-party payment processor accused of knowingly processing payments for companies engaged in Internet-based technical-support fraud.
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Chicago-based BrightSpeed Solutions Inc. and its founder and former CEO Kevin Howard. The company wound down business operations in March 2019.
For more from the CFPB’s suit, read on.
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