Las Vegas, NV March 22, 2024
Today,
the Nevada Financial Institutions Division ordered Sigue Corp. to cease
engaging in money transmission activities in Nevada as the company can no
longer responsibly serve customers due to its declining financial position. 39
states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia coordinated to issue this
consent order.
Sigue
is a state-regulated money transmission company licensed in Nevada and 48 other
states (NMLS ID 915912). Over the past several months, Sigue experienced
significant financial deterioration. The company failed to complete multiple
money orders and transmissions and to maintain adequate net worth and
permissible investments to cover outstanding liabilities, both violations of
state money transmission law. Many customers are still waiting for their funds.
“This
was a coordinated effort between state agencies. MTRA and CSBS assisted the
states with acting quickly to protect consumer funds,” said Nevada Financial
Institutions Division Commissioner Sandy O’Laughlin.
The
consent order requires the company to preserve and provide access to all books
and records, including information on impacted customers. States will use the
company's signed declarations to file bond claims on behalf of impacted
customers. The state surety bond claim process is designed to help make
impacted consumers whole.
Consumers
who have been impacted or believe they may have been impacted should contact
the State of Nevada, Financial Institutions Division at: fidmaster@fid.state.nv.us or (702)
486-4120.
About the Nevada Financial Institutions
Division
The mission of the Financial Institutions Division, an agency of
the Department of Business and Industry, is to maintain a financial
institutions system for the citizens of Nevada that is safe and sound, protects
consumers and defends the overall public interest, and promotes economic
development through the efficient, effective, and equitable licensing,
examination and supervision of depository, fiduciary, and non-depository
financial institutions.
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