The Kazerouni Law Group and BLC Law Center filed a consumer class action on Wednesday in California Southern District Court against Rosebud Economic Development Corp. and other defendants. The suit accuses the defendants of running a ‘rent-a-tribe’ payday lending scheme that uses the cloak of tribal sovereignty to evade state and federal usury laws. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 3:22-cv-01172, Huntley et al. v. Rosebud Economic Development Corp. et al.

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