dfpi-2023-0097
Westline Escrow — restitution order
Owner directed payoff wires to a personal account. Settled for full restitution plus a five-year industry bar.
- Party
- Westline Escrow Corp.
- County
- San Bernardino, CA
- Year
- 2023
- Amount at issue
- $845K
- Authority
- California DFPI
- Status
- Settled
What happened
Three sellers reported payoff funds missing within a 90-day window in late 2022.
DFPI subpoenaed bank records and traced four wires totaling $845,000 to the owner's personal account.
Consent order entered February 2023. Full restitution paid by November 2023.
Primary sources
- DFPI Consent OrderDFPI File No. 963-2287