Baltimore, MD – December 16, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that his office’s Consumer Protection Division reached a settlement agreement with Direct Financial Association, Inc., trading as Direct Financial Services, its owner, Cecilia Anh Minh Nguyen, and her husband, Michael Barnett. The settlement resolves allegations that Direct Financial Services, which used a mailing address in Owings Mills, Nguyen and Barnett violated the Maryland Consumer Protection Act by exaggerating their ability to provide foreclosure prevention and loan modification services to consumers in financial distress.
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