Genuine Title (CFPB payments)
Checked October 15, 2026 against the official notice · Edited by Ferhat Abdullahoglu
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This is a closed government refund program for consumers affected by a mortgage-kickback scheme involving Genuine Title. Payments were distributed between May 15, 2017, and November 11, 2018, and no further payments or reissues are being honored.
Who qualifies
“The CFPB and Maryland allege that Genuine Title’s executives and the named loan officers traded cash and marketing services in exchange for referrals of business from those loan officers.”From the court-approved notice
How to file
There's nothing to file: class members are paid automatically once the settlement is final.
Is this settlement legit?
Yes. It's a court-approved class action settlement (case 1:15-cv-01235-RDB), run by RUST Consulting. The official site is consumerfinance.gov. You never pay to file a claim. How to check a settlement notice.
Related settlements
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