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A Chula Vista bankruptcy attorney has been barred from representing San Diego County clients in bankruptcy cases after officials say he arranged for two clients to sell their homes to a company owned by his wife, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Two bankruptcy petition preparers have been prohibited from providing bankruptcy-related services after being found guilty of targeting vulnerable consumers facing foreclosure, thanks to the enforcement efforts of the Justice Department’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP).In one case, Kafil Hamim Quaiyum Tunsill was permanently barred from acting as a bankruptcy petition preparer in the Middle District of Florida. Tunsill was also fined $12,500 and instructed to refund $1,900 to a debtor. Director Tara Twomey of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees emphasized, "Unscrupulous.
The Doña Ana Detention Center, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where a prisoner died in 2019 after just days in the care of Corizon Health. His family's lawsuit…