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Former Countrywide clients to get reimbursement

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Dissent

AP is reporting:

Connecticut officials say the new owners of Countrywide Financial Corp. have agreed to pay the state $350,000 and reimburse customers who had to freeze their credit after a massive data breach.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell says about 30,000 people in Connecticut were affected.

Read more in Hartford Courant

Prior coverage on PogoWasRight.org

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