Default Judgment Of $7.1 Million Entered Against Data Broker

(November 23, 2016, 11:47 AM EST) -- LAS VEGAS — In a Nov. 14 ruling, a Nevada federal judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for default judgment against a payday loan firm that it said was operating as a data broker by selling applicants’ personal sensitive information to third parties (Federal Trade Commission v. Sequoia One LLC, et al., No. 2:15-cv-01512, D. Nev.)....