LendingTree names Three OC Companies in Lawsuit

LendingTree has named the Mortgage companies it alleges used former employee passwords to gain access to consumer credit data. In a statement on it's web site, LendingTree says,

"We brought a lawsuit against Newport Lending Group, Irvine, California; Home Loan Consultants, Inc., Newport Beach, California; and Sage Credit Company, Irvine, California, in connection with this incident."

We contacted Newport Lending Group in Irvine and a company spokesperson states they will be "vindicated" and they "had nothing to do with this." We called Home Loan Consultants, Inc. of Newport Beach and without adding any comments, referred our call to their Attorney. Sage Credit Company of Irvine, California would not return our calls.

To read more, check out Matt Padilla's column in the Orange County Register.

To view the 5-page letter sent out to LendingTree customers, click here.