Congress gets pressure from the Rent-to-Own industry.?

Jun 15, 2009 by Rich | Posted in Law & Ethics

." If a lender extends credit to a borrower but instead of calling it a loan, describes it as they "rent to own," they can avoid stringent lending laws and regulations.
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In order to mislead Allstate, the true owners and controllers of these medical clinics almost all of whom were unlicensed members and associates of the No-Fault Organization paid licensed physicians, chiropractors and acupuncturists to incorporate... The Complaint names 17 members and associates of an organization that owned and controlled multiple fraudulent medical clinics (the "No-Fault Organization"), 10 licensed medical professionals, 3 personal injury attorneys, and 22 medical... In the suit, Allstate alleges that the No-Fault Organization has engaged in a massive and sophisticated scheme to defraud Allstate of millions of dollars by establishing and operating medical clinics that were operated and controlled in violation... All of the individual defendants are currently under federal indictment, and have been charged with health care fraud, racketeering, and other related charges, in connection with their involvement in a systematic scheme to defraud private... Because each of the clinics were illegally operated and controlled by laypersons, none of the clinics were eligible to recover No-Fault reimbursement under New York law.

Source: MarketWatch (press release)

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