November 30, 2023
Final Order to Cease and Desist Issued against Aunya Latham
The Department issues a Final Order to Cease and Desist against Aunya Latham.
Atlanta, Georgia – On or about November 8, 2023, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance (“Department”) served an Order to Cease and Desist (“Order”) to Aunya Latham for engaging in activities in violation of the Georgia Installment Loan Act (“GILA”), O.C.G.A. § 7-3-1 et seq. The Order became final on November 30, 2023.
The Order provided that the Department had evidence that Ms. Latham engaged in unlawful activities during the course of her employment with a licensed installment lender. These activities involved fraudulently executing eight (8) loan agreements without the customers’ knowledge or consent by way of creating new customer accounts, renewing open active customer accounts, reopening paid out “former borrower” customer accounts, and retaining the proceeds from each fraudulently opened customer account.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 7-3-43(d), the Department may revoke the license of an installment lender that employs an individual subject to a final cease and desist order under GILA within the past five (5) years.
Contact:
Oscar B. Fears, III
Senior Deputy Commissioner
Phone: (770) 986-1650
E-mail: [email protected]