If United is in fact affilliated with Rio Resources, LLC then here is what I know...
I contacted the administrator for the Oklahoma Department of Consumer Protections over a payday loan company operating as MTE Financial, DBA Rio Resources. They are/or were locted in New Mexico but are also located in Miami, OK. According to the information I recieved from the Oklahoma Dpt of Consumer Protection, they have had many complaints. Problem is....they are Native Americans and operating on Indian land under tribal sovereignty which exempts them from state laws. I was told some experts were being called in to investigate these complaints. This explains why their contracts are so illusive and only request that you agree to abide by the laws under which they are goverened. They do not disclose that they are under tribal law and exempt from state laws. Very sneaky. You would think a Federal law (they have to abide by these) would force tribes to inform consumers that they are in fact operating under tribal law. This is where they try to get you..they word their contracts to make you believe they are operating under SOME state law, not tribal which is completely different and very difficult to navigate legally. Thought everyone might need to know this. Sucks that they can be so sneaky and use their sovereignty to trap unsespecting consumers. Because the Fair Credit Collection Act is Federal Law...they do need to abide by this. If you are involved with a company that you suspect may be Indian owned, I would check with your AG in the state you live in to see what they suggest you do. I have no problems with doing business with Native Americans, but I do not think they should be able to use "sovereignty" and immunity to blatantly decieve consumers. This has to stop and our laws need to change and demand that sovereignty be disclosed to consumers and that consumers be made aware their state laws are unable to protect them in the event of a breech.
P.S. I don't know if they are connected, but strongly suspect that they are.
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