Mo. AG Suit Claims Loan Mod Operator Illegally Clipped Homeowners w/ Upfront Fees, Failed To Provide Services, Give Refunds, Mandated Notifications

From the Office of the Missouri Attorney General:

• Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit today against William James Ray, III, a Florida resident offering mortgage loan modification services to Missouri consumers through his inactive Florida company, Ameristar Foreclosure Solutions, LLC.
  
  The lawsuit alleges that Ray and Ameristar Foreclosure Solutions engaged in the following illegal activities in the state of Missouri:
  
  a) Receiving advance payment for loan modification services;
  b) Failing to provide loan modification services paid for by consumers through those advance fees;
  c) Failing to refund consumers for loan modification services not provided;
  d) Failing to include legally required notifications of homeowners’ rights in contracts between defendants and those homeowners.

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• Koster is asking those who have contracted with William James Ray, III, or Ameristar Foreclosure Solutions, LLC, for loan modification services and failed to receive the promised services to contact the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 800-392-8222 or to file a complaint online at ago.mo.gov.

For the Missouri AG press release, see Attorney General Koster sues loan modification company for unfair and illegal business practices.