Consumer Financial Protection Bureau et al v. Nexus Services, Inc. et al

  1. May 01, 2023

    Legal Aid Co. Says CFPB's Funding Prevents Bond Suit

    A company accused of being a predatory immigration bond business by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau urged a Virginia federal judge on Monday to toss the suit, arguing the agency's funding is unconstitutional and its claims are therefore not allowed.

  2. April 04, 2023

    CFPB, States Chide Noncompliance In Immigrant Bond Fight

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three states have asked a Virginia federal court for a win against a company they allege is a predatory immigration bond business, saying the company has continuously ignored court orders to participate in discovery.

  3. February 08, 2023

    Va. Magistrate Floats Contempt Order In Migrant Bond Fight

    A Virginia federal magistrate ordered immigration bonding companies to explain why they shouldn't be held in contempt for discovery violations, suggesting they be fined $1,000 a day until they hand over documents to states alleging they preyed on indigent immigrant detainees. 

  4. July 20, 2022

    CFPB Wants Bond Co. Sanctioned Over Discovery Order

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several state attorneys general asked a Virginia federal judge Tuesday to hold an immigrant bond company in civil contempt and fine it $5,000 a day for failing to comply with a discovery order in a suit that accuses the company of preying on immigrant detainees by misrepresenting the nature and costs of its services.

  5. June 30, 2022

    CFPB Says ArentFox Can't Drop Bond Co. Client Facing Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several state attorneys general urged a Virginia federal judge on Thursday to deny a motion from a group of ArentFox Schiff LLP attorneys to withdraw from representing an immigration bond company being sued by the regulator.

  6. March 22, 2022

    Va. Court Won't Free Immigrant Bond Co. From CFPB Suit

    A Virginia federal court refused to free an immigration bond company from a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau-led lawsuit alleging that it preyed on immigrant detainees, rejecting the company's claims that the court lacked the authority to hear the suit.

  7. November 18, 2021

    CFPB, States Attack Bond Co.'s Attempt To Duck Discovery

    A firm that bonds individuals out of immigration detention is attempting to quash subpoenas in its latest bad-faith effort to dodge discovery, say the three states and federal agency alleging that the company preyed upon vulnerable clients.

  8. March 15, 2021

    ​​​​​​​CFPB, States Hit Back At Immigration Bond Service Co.

    Three East Coast states and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shot back at an immigration bond services company's efforts to buck their suit on Monday, arguing that Libre by Nexus Inc. portrayed itself as a lender, exposing it to consumer protection claims.

  9. March 02, 2021

    Co. Slams CFPB's 'Hyberbolic' Immigration Bond Suit

    A bond services company that caters to individuals leaving immigration detention asked a Virginia federal court to nix a suit alleging predatory business practices, calling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state claims "hyperbolic, inaccurate, and flat-out false."

  10. February 22, 2021

    CFPB, State AGs Sue Over Alleged Immigration Bond Scam

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several states moved on Monday to stop what they allege is a predatory immigration bond services business, filing a lawsuit in Virginia federal court that marks the agency's first new public enforcement action of the Biden administration.