All releases:
Banks & trusts • Collection agencies • Consumer finance Credit services organizations • Credit unions General (not related to a specific program area) • Investor information program Mortgage lending • Prearranged funeral plans (preneed certified providers), endowment care, & master trustees Securities enforcement • Securities registration

Banks & Trusts

2005
	Consumer Alerts - Phishing Scam (FDIC consumer information)

2004
	FDIC Joins in Launch of Federal Financial Education Toolkit and Web Site
	Federal Bank, Thrift, and Credit Union Regulatory Agencies Provide Consumer Information on Avoiding Overdraft and Bounced-Check Fees

2003
	Electronic Check Conversion (a Federal Reserve Bank publication)

Collection Agencies

2005
	Oregonians warned not to deal with unlicensed entities: State Adjustment or Major Finance

2004
	Tem-Mar Enterprises, Inc., dba Acme Credit

Consumer Finance

2006
	Oregon takes additional steps to protect consumers from high-cost loans

2005
	Authorities seek information about Talent woman's alleged illegal lending activities
	Short-term Loan Licensee 2005 Annual Report

2004
	Consumer finance annual report form revised
	State credits First Tech for offering new short-term lending program
	Refund anticipation loans

2002
	State of Oregon files stipulated judgment against A 1 Cash Advance and its owner Tim Stroud, also known as Tim Loren
	State of Oregon files stipulated judgment against A 1 Cash Advance and its owner Tim Stroud, also known as Tim Loren

Credit Service Organizations

2005
	FTC Settles with AmeriDebt: Company to Shut Down
	AmeriDebt Stipulated Final Order and Judgment

2004
	AG cautions Oregonians about doing business with PaulMichael Moore of Portland

2003
	Nationwide Credit Repair Operation to Pay More than $1.15 Million in Consumer Redress

Credit Unions

2005
	Phishing alert from NCUA

2002
	State authorizes first new credit union in 20 years!

General alerts and releases not related to a specific program area

2006
	State warns consumers about lottery scam
	New administrator to lead Oregon financial services regulator

2005
	IRS Warns Consumers of Possible Scams Relating to Hurricane Katrina Relief
	Business Alert - Possible Invoice Scam (Secretary of State)
	DCBS to join activities, expo for Oregon's seniors and their boomer children

2004
	State financial services regulator announces staff appointments
	State Division of Finance and Corporate Securities hires deputy administrator
	Refund anticipation loans

2003
	Fake ads target unwary loan seekers
	FDIC fraud alert on advance payments

2002
	Phone scammers step up efforts in Oregon with refinance deals

Investor information

2006
	Teens win cash awards in state essay contest
	Essay Contest
	State warns seniors about "senior specialists"

2005
	Teens win cash prizes in financial-literacy essay contest sponsored by a state agency
	Investor Alert - SEC vs. Terry Neal fraud case (thegrassmueckgroup.com)
	High-school students to compete for cash with essays about investing
	DCBS to join activities, expo for Oregon's seniors and their boomer children
	Rules and entry form: Test Your Financial I.Q. contest

2004
	State program offers free financial-investment infomation
	Investor Alert - Mutual Fund Fees
	Investor Alert - Telemarketing Stock Scam
	State officials warn of oil-investment scam directed at seniors
	Students win cash prizes from state for essays about financial knowledge
	State offers teens prize money in essay contest

2003
	Mutual Fund Breakpoints: Are You Owed a Refund?

2002
	The Nigerian Nightmare: Who's sending you all those scam e-mails?
	Investor alert concerning Wedgewood Acquisitions and the U.S. Securities Registration Bureau
	Investor alert concerning Health Maintenance Centers, Inc., Znetix, Inc., and Kevin L. Lawrence

2000
	State warns consumers against co-called gifting clubs

Mortgage Lenders

2006
	Ameriquest Multistate Settlement
	Loan Originators - continuing education requirements
	FHA Program Update, Appraisal Report, and Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Training
	State to hold forum on mortgage lending
	Mortgage Lending Forum
	Oregonians to receive $1.5 million restitution under settlement with Ameriquest

2005
	Warning - Cambridge Financials, Financial Advisors, or Trafalger Group
	Mortgage lender application/renewal fee change

2004
	Redwood Trust and Bountiful LLC - mortgage lending alert
	Mortgage Lender Program Fee Structure Proposal
	One-time exemption advisory
	Cease and Desist order against Penalty against Citigroup Inc., New York, New York, a bank holding company, and CitiFinancial Credit Company, Baltimore, Maryland, a non-bank subsidiary of Citigroup (Federal Reserve Board)
	State revokes Bend-area mortgage broker's license
	Sytsma and All Seasons Mortgage - Order to Revoke Mortgage Banker/Broker License

2003
	Checks mailed today for Oregon consumers involved in Household settlement
	Fairbanks Capital Settles FTC and HUD Charges
	Sytsma and All Seasons Mortgage - Order to Cease and Desist
	Capitol Commerce Mortgage Corporation closes its doors
	Justice & DFCS/DCBS remind consumers of deadline for Household restitution

2002
	Landmark settlement with mortgage lender Household International, Inc.

Prearranged funeral plans (preneed certified providers), endowment care, & master trustees

2005
	State advises caution when changing funeral plan accounts

2004
	Eugene cemetery business loses certification; consents to state's stipulated order
	Sunset Hills LLC Stipulated Order of Revocation of Certificate
	Sunset Hills LLC Amended Order of Revocation of Certificate

2002
	Litty funeral directors news release (Affiliates: Brookings Chapel, Gold Beach, Chapel, and Sea Haven Cremation Services)

Securities enforcement

2006
	CONSUMER ALERT: Don't be Fooled - this Jewell's a Fake Michigan Dept of Labor and Economic Growth press release
	Ameriquest Multistate Settlement
	Oregon to receive $259,932 in Wachovia settlement
	Authorities seek information about woman who stole $500,000
	Warning concerning Instant Funding Systems

2005
	Oregon investors to receive restitution from Waddell & Reed
	State financial regulator warns Oregonians about People in Profit System (PIPS)
	DCBS/DFCS and Oregon DOJ jointly announce indictment of Ricky Lynn Johnson and his company NuStart Concepts, Inc.
	Two Men Indicted in $13 Million Dollar Internet Investment Scheme
	DCBS announces settlement with former Living Enrichment Center leader Mary Manin Morrissey and Edward Morrissey in securities case
	Morrissey Covenant
	Morrissey Consent Judgment
	Morrissey Complaint

2004
	Oil-investment con man sentenced in Denver
	New chief of enforcement hired at Finance and Corporate Securities
	Metropolitan Investment Securities, Summit Investments, and Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co.

2003
	NASD Sanctions Metropolitan Investment Securities for Abusive Sales Practices and Supervisory Violations
	State shuts down Portland-area investment scam
	Rencher Judgment - Final
	Rencher Opinion and Order
	Oregon to share in settlement of Wall Street brokerage case

2002
	Other activities involving Enron
	State announces Enron investigation
	Oregon racketeering law (Enron)

Securities registration

2004
	State streamlines mutual fund filings with new Internet-based process

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