Consumer complaint received 2016-06-30
Company: BWW Law Group, LLC
State: MD
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: Mortgage
Issue: False statements or representation
Sub-issue: Attempted to collect wrong amount

Complaint:
Law Firm Must Pay $ XXXX For Operating Automated Debt-Collection ... 
XXXX ... 
Consumerist XXXX XXXX, XXXX - In XXXX XXXX, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX -- a law firm that specializes exclusively in debt ... 
emailed to cfpb ombudsman team XXXX / XXXX fraud mortgage assignment robo signer around the county filing of shady assignments. 
. Representation was made of a material fact. 
2. Representation was untrue. 
3. Party making the representation knew it was untrue. 
4. Representation was made with the intent to deceive and for the purpose of inducing the recipient to act upon it.5. Recipient justifiably relied on the representation. 
6. By relying on the untrue statement, the recipient suffered damages.1 1. A false representation was made, usually one of fact. 
2. Party making the representation had knowledge or belief that the representation was false, or made the representation with the requisite indifference to the truth. 
3. Representation was made with the intent to induce the recipient to act, or refrain from acting. 
4. Recipient acted or did not act in justifiable reliance on the representation.5. Recipient suffered damages XXXX a result. 
D. Misconduct in Other States 1. Maryland and Virginia While Florida and New York provided much of the news for reports on attorney misconduct, other states ' attorneys managed to earn negative attention as well.Foreclosure law firms in Maryland and Virginia admitted to committing serious misconduct. Attorneys at XXXX and at XXXX admitted that other attorneys had signed their signatures in documents submitted to court.XXXX Several notaries had their licenses revoked and the Maryland Court XXXX XXXX adopted a rule allowing courts to appoint independent attorneys to review foreclosure documents for irregularities.XXXX Meanwhile, at the Virginia firm of XXXX , attorneys admitted to the same practices, supposedly to avoid the " sloppy '' practice of crossing out another attorney 's name below a signature line.XXXX Show cause hearings were held in several Maryland counties regarding the issu t another headline-making Florida firm being investigated by the Florida Attorney General , an attorney at the Law Offices of XXXX XXXX XXXX said she handled between XXXX and XXXX XXXX files at any given time.XXXX Further, the attorney testified that it was common practice to sign documents without notaries present, and then to allow notaries to stamp those documents later as if they had been signed in front of a notary.XXXX As with XXXX, rumors circulated that XXXX XXXX signed documents without reviewing them.XXXX After XXXX XXXX stopped referring cases to the firm,XXXX the firm paid {$2.00} XXXX to settle the attorney general 's investigation, making it the only high volume foreclosure firm in Florida to settle.XXXX The foreclosure mill, XXXX, has been shut down after the owner, XXXX XXXX, pled guilty to unlawful and unethical practices at his firm. 

D. Misconduct in Other States 1. Maryland and Virginia While Florida and New York provided much of the news for reports on attorney misconduct, other states ' attorneys managed to earn negative attention as well. 
Foreclosure law firms in Maryland and Virginia admitted to committing serious misconduct. Attorneys at XXXX and at XXXX, XXXX admitted that other attorneys had signed their signatures in documents submitted to court.XXXX Several notaries had their licenses revoked and the Maryland Court of XXXX adopted a rule allowing courts to appoint independent attorneys to review foreclosure documents for irregularities.XXXX Meanwhile, at the Virginia firm of XXXX

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation