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loanDepot claims West Capital Lending used illegal playbook to become a top brokerage

loanDepot is accusing West Capital Lending (WCL) of hiring hundreds of loan originators as independent contractors and paying them revenue splits — practices that loanDepot claims are illegal and enabled WCL to become one of the largest mortgage brokerages in the country in just three years.

The lender sued the brokerage and its founders, Eric Hines and Daniel Iskander — the latter of whom worked at loanDepot between 2015 and 2019 as a production manager. loanDepot alleges that WCL poached hundreds of employees and misappropriated trade secrets and leads in violation of federal and state laws, thereby gaining a competitive details ⇒

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