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2026
Connecticut fines CDS Financial $1.2 million for unlicensed debt renegotiation
Connecticut Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez on Oct. 6, 2026 issued a cease-and-desist order and imposed a $1.2 million civil penalty on CDS Financial for engaging in debt renegotiation with at least 12 Connecticut debtors without a proper license. The state agency also imposed separate civil penalties of $600,000 and $300,000 on CDS Financial managers and control persons David Lugo and Kevin Lugo. According to the order, the company charged fees in excess of permitted maximums, entered contracts missing the state-required three-day cancellation disclosure, and employed a scheme to defraud or mislead Connecticut debtors, including misappropriating funds withdrawn from debtors' bank accounts.
2026
Connecticut Banking Commissioner orders CDS Financial and its managers to make restitution and disgorgement
According to the article, Connecticut Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez issued an order on Aug. 18, 2026 against CDS Debt Relief LLC d/b/a CDS Financial and its managers and control persons David Lugo and Kevin Lugo, ordering the company and the two managers to make restitution and provide disgorgement. The order states that CDS Financial engaged or offered to engage in debt negotiation with at least 12 Connecticut debtors without obtaining the required license, charged fees in excess of amounts permitted by the Schedule of Maximum Fees, entered contracts missing the state-required three-day cancellation disclosure, and misappropriated funds withdrawn from debtors' bank accounts. The investigation began with a complaint filed Aug. 15, 2024. The respondents failed to request a hearing within the prescribed period, the allegations were deemed admitted, and the order became permanent on Sept. 9.