Area businessman arrested in alleged loan fee scam

Tampa broker William Wren faces four felony charges.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 1:12 p.m. August 28, 2019
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William Wren faces four felony counts of assessing or collecting advance fees as a loan broker. Courtesy photo.
William Wren faces four felony counts of assessing or collecting advance fees as a loan broker. Courtesy photo.
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TAMPA — Tampa businessman William Wren faces four felony counts of assessing or collecting advance fees as a loan broker.

According to a news release issued by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, Wren — the operator of Tampa-based B&Z Investment Group LLC, doing business as Business Loans Solutions — surrendered to officers at the Hillsborough County Jail.

 

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