Erika Escobar, supervisor associated with the Power Finance Texas store at 5431 Blanco path, ended up being the initial individual into the city to fight unlawful costs regarding the operations of a payday lender.
Escobar , 28, had been cited in January for failing continually to register the company utilizing the city as well as refusing to permit a San Antonio Police Department detective to examine company documents. She ended up being discovered accountable on both counts.
San Antonio Municipal Court Judge Christine Lacy ordered Escobar to pay for $400 in fines and $140 in court charges. Escobar has been fined as much as $500 on each misdemeanor fee. She opted to possess Lacy in the place of jurors enforce the charges.
John Dwyre, Escobar’s lawyer, stated he promises to require a brand new test. If that demand is denied, he intends to file an appeal in County Court.
“We were hindered in wearing our entire situation,” Dwyre stated following the three-day test. “There had been several things carried out in this test that arrived as an entire shock.” Escobar had no remark.
The jury’s ruling acknowledges that the city’s ordinance regulating payday lenders is legitimate and constitutional, stated Jose Niño, deputy city lawyer.
“It additionally sends a note to all or any the businesses running as (credit access companies) that we’re going after them… to register,” Niño said. About 10 credit access companies away from about 222 working into the town have never registered, the town has reported.