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Consumer Protection in Iowa

After months of battling in Washington, President Barack Obama made the controversial appointment of Richard Cordray to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Host Ben Kieffer talks with Bill Brauch, director of the Iowa Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division about the new bureau and about consumer protection in Iowa.  We’ll also hear the story of one Iowan who lost nearly $30,000 in a credit card scam.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River