{"id":3444,"date":"2023-08-11T11:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2023-08-11T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T18:27:09","slug":"report-cfpb-returned-over-240m-to-harmed-consumers-in-10-states-home-to-lawmakers-beholden-to-financial-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=3444","title":{"rendered":"CFPB Returned Over $240M to Harmed Consumers in 10 States Home to Lawmakers Beholden to Financial Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/accountable.us\/report-cfpb-returned-over-240m-to-harmed-consumers-in-10-states-home-to-lawmakers-beholden-to-financial-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-newspaper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Press release from Accountable.US | <span class=\"submitted-date\">August 9, 2023<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/accountable.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2023-07-26-A.US-CFPB-State-Impact-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> <strong>Download the report<\/strong><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arizona:<\/strong> The CFPB returned over <strong>$12.2 million<\/strong> in funds to <strong>20,502 Arizonans<\/strong> from 2012 to 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 A <a href=\"https:\/\/accountable.us\/2023-07-26-a-us-cfpb-state-impact-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">new report<\/a> from government watchdog Accountable.US shows much stolen money was returned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau\u2019s \u2018Civil Penalty Fund\u2019 for consumers in 10 states who fell victim to fraudulent or predatory financial industry behavior. 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