Harry turned to the CFPB when his son was scammed
Ari is an Army veteran from Hull, Massachusetts. Before he deployed to Iraq, he bought a truck and got pushed into a subprime auto-loan scam that cost him more than 60% of his monthly paycheck. His dad Harry knew it was a bad deal, and tried everything he could to get him out of it. But no agency would do anything to help – until he contacted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The agency looked into his complaint, stopped the scam, and forced those companies to refund $6.5 million to over 50,000 active-duty servicemembers, including Ari. The CFPB works. But Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney wants to stop it from helping millions of Americans like Harry and Ari. Published April 16, 2018.