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New Foreclosure Scam Law - 7
Penalties and enforcement provisions
- Attorney General may enforce
- Private right to enforce includes damages and attorneys fees. Court can award treble damages if done willfully or knowingly. Note: Willful in civil setting is other than by accident.
Criminal penalty is misdemeanor with up to 3 years and $10,000 fine but is not subject to 1 year statute of limitations.