CHAMBERSBURG- A nationwide company with local locations in Chambersburg, Hagerstown, Waynesboro, and Shippensburg is facing a lawsuit from a bevy of Attorneys General alleging unlawful business practices.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s Consumer Protection Division and 12 other state attorneys general this week announced a lawsuit against OneMain Financial, Inc. and related entities (OneMain), alleging that OneMain, a non-prime installment lender, charged consumers nationwide hundreds of millions of dollars in unlawful hidden fees and interest.
With 26 branches operating in Maryland, including one at 17612 Garland Groh Blvd in Hagerstown, OneMain advertises high-cost installment loans with supposedly “clear, upfront terms,” but it is accused of unlawfully packing those loans, without consumers’ consent or knowledge, with insurance policies and other add-on products which inflate the cost of the loans by hundreds or thousands of dollars…