Individual settlements for Nationstar (Mr. Cooper) are being handled by a third party administrator. The number is 1-866-404-0137 and it is a recording at this time until individual notices go out sometime in January. After the notices are mailed a live representative will be available to speak with you at the 866 number. We do not have individual information or know if you are qualified for the settlement.
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announces over $550 million settlement with nation’s largest subprime auto financing company
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Twenty-one States Warn Language in American Rescue Plan Act Could Prevent States from Implementing Any Tax Relief (COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a letter today signed by twenty-one state attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) to take immediate action to ensure the American Rescue Plan Act (“Act”) does not strip States of their core authority to implement basic state tax policy. Certain provisions of the Act forbid states from using COVID-19 relief funds to “directly or indirectly offset a reduction in…net tax revenues” resulting from state laws or regulations that reduce tax burdens, whether…
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – March 16, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Robert Vause Tasney, 30, of Camden, S.C., on 16 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Camden Police Department made the arrest. Investigators with the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), all also members of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation. Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Tasney. Investigators…
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – March 16, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Adam Raymond Jensen, 42, of Columbia, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation. Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Jensen. Investigators state Jensen possessed files of child sexual abuse…
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CLAIM DEADLINE APRIL 30, 2021 (COLUMBIA, S.C.) – March 15, 2021 – Attorney General Alan Wilson and Secretary of State Mark Hammond, other state regulators, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently filed a joint civil enforcement action against Metals.com, Tower Equity, Chase Metals, Barrick Capital, and other associated parties. We accused the defendants of perpetrating a fraudulent precious metals investment scheme. The case is significant—it allegedly involves 1,600 investors and more than $185 million in customer funds. “Secretary Hammond and I continue to fight to protect senior citizens and other victims,” said Attorney General Wilson. “We are committed to holding…
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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – March 11, 2021 – Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced that South Carolina, as part of a coalition of 41 Attorneys General, has settled with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”) resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach that exposed the personal information of over 7 million individuals, including 55,799 South Carolina residents. The breach potentially exposed the personal information of up to 21 million individuals throughout the United States. As part of the settlement, AMCA may be liable for a $21 million total payment to the states. However, because of AMCA’s…
+ LEARN MORE(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – March 9, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a Missouri-led coalition of 12 states in filing suit against President Joe Biden’s administration over massive expansion of federal regulations through executive order, potentially impacting nearly every aspect of the economy and every South Carolinian’s household. “One of the main parts of my job is to uphold the Constitution, so we’ve fought against federal overreach in both Democratic and Republican administrations,” Attorney General Wilson said. “These executive orders would take authority that the Constitution gives only to Congress. We cannot, and will not, ignore the…
+ LEARN MORE(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Britney Sheppard Campbell, 32, of Union, SC, on three charges connected to the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office conducted a joint investigation resulting in charges by both agencies. Investigators with the United States Marshals Service, United States Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Union County Sheriff’s Office, and Union Public Safety Department, all also members of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation and…
+ LEARN MORE(COLUMBIA, SC) – March 8, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued more indictments in the drug trafficking case known as “Prison Empire,” making it now have the largest number of defendants for a single narcotics conspiracy investigation ever indicted in South Carolina courts. The indictments in “Prison Empire” collectively contain 487 charges alleged within 297 counts against 100 defendants. To date, the investigation has seized approximately 20 kilograms of methamphetamine, 5 kilos of heroin, and 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, as well as 82 firearms. The investigation has revealed…
+ LEARN MORE(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – March 5, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Benjamin Ross Glenn, 39, of Union, S.C., on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the United States Marshals Service, United States Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Union County Sheriff’s Office, and Union Public Safety Department, all also members of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation and arrest. Investigators state Glenn distributed multiple files of child sexual abuse…
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