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Schemers must pay $1M

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Tuesday the Consumer Protection Division won a judgment in Baltimore Circuit Court against brothers Michael K. Lewis and Earnest Lewis, Cheryl Brooke, In the House Technology Inc. and Winston Thomas. The division sued them for engaging in a foreclosure rescue scheme. The judgment bars the defendants from offering and selling services of any kind to a homeowner who is in default on a mortgage or is in foreclosure, and requires them to pay more than $1 million in restitution and penalties.

Escrow firm to pay $100K

In a related case, the Consumer Protection Division said it entered into a ...

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