04 A 02333, 04 B 09265

United States Trustee made a variety of legal challenges to a bankruptcy petition preparer’s conduct under various subsections of 11 U.S.C. § 110 in two separate chapter 7 cases. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the court found that the bankruptcy petition preparer violated 11 U.S.C. § 110(b)(1), § 110(c)(1)-(2) and § 110(g)(1). The court imposed the maximum fine for each violation. The court also granted the United States Trustee’s request under 11 U.S.C. § 110(j) for an injunction permanently barring the defendant from operating as a bankruptcy petition preparer.