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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, Plaintiff, v. Avant, LLC, Defendant.
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3090
Civil Action Number
1:19-cv-02517
Â鶹´«Ã½ Type
Â鶹´«Ã½ Injunctions
Â鶹´«Ã½ Court
Northern District of Illinois

Case Summary

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is returning more than $3.7 million to consumers who lost money because of unfair and deceptive loan servicing practices by online lender Avant, LLC.

The FTC sued Avant in April 2019, alleging that the company falsely advertised that it would accept payments by credit or debit cards, when in fact it did not. This often resulted in customers being charged additional interest on their loans as they tried to arrange a different form of payment. The FTC also alleged that the company withdrew money from customers’ bank accounts or charged their credit cards without authorization, failed to properly and timely credit payments made by check, provided deceptive payoff quotes to customers, and tried to collect more money than the quoted payoff amount.