Mississippi-Based Check Casher Deceived Consumers

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A federal agency is suing a check cashing company to try to block what it says are deceptive practices at the company’s stores in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says All American Check Cashing Inc. instructed its own employees not to tell customers what fees they were being charged.

The lawsuit also says the company overcharged some customers and didn’t repay them.

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Jackson. It seeks to block some of the company’s practices and to force the company to pay refunds and restitution.

All American Check Cashing is based in Madison, Mississippi, and has about 50 stores in the three states.

Owner Michael E. Gray did not immediately return a call seeking comment.