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Saturn Systems Inc.: California DFPI action, 2025
By Kai Greenspan, Founding Editor · Last updated: July 22, 2026
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- Regulator
- California DFPI
- Date of order
- February 7, 2025
- Penalty
- $90,000
- Status
- Resolved
What the regulator found
The consent order sets out the following. Each is the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s own account of the matter, not this site’s conclusion.
Collecting without a California license
The order states that since January 1, 2022, Saturn Systems engaged in debt collection activity with 572 California consumers without the license required by the state’s Debt Collection Licensing Act. The company applied for a license in September 2024; that application was still pending when the order was issued.
A letter the regulator found deceptive
The order quotes a November 2022 letter Saturn Systems sent to a California resident, and finds the statement material and likely to mislead:
“Our client may claim this as a deduction on their Federal Income Tax. The Internal Revenue Service may consider this as income to you!! You will then be required to report this amount on your income tax return and pay federal taxes on this amount.”Quoted in the consent order. The regulator noted the IRS reporting threshold is $600, the resident’s alleged debt was under $600, and the letter never named the tax form, so it found the statement likely to mislead.
A missing consumer-rights notice
The order found that Saturn Systems did not give two California residents the records-request notice that state law requires a collector to include in its first written contact.
How it was resolved
Saturn Systems entered into the consent order rather than contest the matter at a hearing. Under it, the company is ordered to stop the conduct and to pay a $90,000 penalty: $40,000 on the effective date and the remaining $50,000 in $5,000 installments through December 2025. In return, the regulator agreed to approve the company’s pending California license within five business days of the first payment. A consent order resolves a matter by agreement; it is a final, public record.
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California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, Consent Order, In the Matter of Saturn Systems Inc.
Primary document read in full, July 22, 2026.
Common questions
What did California regulators find Saturn Systems had done?
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation found that Saturn Systems had collected from 572 California consumers since January 2022 without the required state license, had sent one consumer a letter it found deceptive about federal taxes, and had failed to give two consumers a required records-request notice.
What penalty did Saturn Systems pay?
The February 2025 consent order requires Saturn Systems to pay a $90,000 administrative penalty in installments through December 2025, and to stop the conduct. The regulator agreed to approve the company’s pending California license after the first installment.
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