DEBRA A. VALENTINE
General Counsel
Rolando Berrelez
Tanya Nathan
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20580
(202) 326-3211
Attorneys for Plaintiff
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
v.
LAP FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
a Kentucky Corporation, and
LOUIS A. POMERANCE, Defendants.
Civil No.
COMPLAINT FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION
AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF
Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission ("Commission"), by its
undersigned attorneys, alleges as follows:
Jurisdiction and Venue
1. This is an action under Sections 5(a) and 13(b) of the Federal
Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a) and 53(b), and
Section 108(c) of the Truth in Lending Act ("TILA"), 15 U.S.C.
§ 1607(c), to obtain preliminary and permanent injunctive relief,
rescission, restitution, reformation, disgorgement, and other
equitable relief against defendants for engaging in acts or practices
in violation of TILA, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1666j, as amended, including,
but not limited to, the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of
1994 ("HOEPA"), as amended, and TILA's implementing Regulation Z, 12
C.F.R. 226, as amended, and for unfair or deceptive acts or practices
in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), as
amended.
2. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this matter
pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 45(a), 53(b), and 1607(c), and 28 U.S.C.
1331, 1337(a), and 1345.
SNIPPETS:
Rolando Berrelez Tanya Nathan Federal Trade Commission
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
LOUIS A. POMERANCE, Defendants.
COMPLAINT FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission, by its undersigned attorneys, alleges as follows:
This is an action under Sections 5and 13of the Federal Trade Commission Act ("FTC Act"), 15
ct of 1994, as amended, and TILA's implementing Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. 226, as amended, and for
The terms "amount financed," "annual percentage rate," "closed-end credit," "consumer,"
, and 226.33 of Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. §§ 226.2, 226.4, 226.18, 226.22, 226.32, and 226.33.
The term "HOEPA mortgage loan" means a consumer credit transaction consummated on or after
day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the application for the extension of
egulation Z, 12 C.F.R. § 226.32.
The term "TILA" means the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1666j, as amended.
TILA, which took effect on July 1, 1969, is intended to promote the informed use of consumer
Defendant LAP Financial Services, Inc.,, is a for-profit corporation organized, existing, and
Defendant Louis A. Pomerance is President and sole shareholder of LAP.
Since at least October 1, 1995, defendants have maintained a substantial course of trade in
In the course and conduct of offering and making HOEPA mortgage loans, defendant LAP in
By failing to disclose, or accurately disclose, material credit information, as described in
By failing to disclose, or accurately disclose, material information relating to, or making
to grant injunctive relief to prevent and remedy violations of any provision of law enforced
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