Benworth Capital Partners Settlement: Data Breach Deal Ends Lawsuit Over 2025 Cyber Incident

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Benworth Capital Partners has agreed to a class action settlement to wrap up a lawsuit that alleged the hard-money lender failed to adequately protect certain personal information from a May 2025 data breach.

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The Benworth Capital Partners class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on August 28, 2026. Eligible for the settlement are all living United States residents who were sent notice by Benworth Capital Partners that their private information may have been impacted in the May 2025 data breach.

The court-authorized Benworth Capital Partners data breach settlement website can be found at BenworthDataSettlement.com.

Class members who file a timely, valid claim form can receive up to $5,000 for documented, unreimbursed out-of-pocket losses from identity theft or fraud fairly traceable to the data breach.

Class members must submit proof, such as receipts, to receive a documented-loss payment.

In lieu of a documented-loss payment, class members can file a claim form to receive an estimated $50 cash payment, with no proof required.

Lastly, all class members received with the settlement notice an activation code to enroll in one year of one-bureau credit monitoring. Class members can head to this page to activate the service after the settlement receives final approval.

Class members who wish to receive a reminder email with credit monitoring enrollment instructions after final approval has been granted can navigate to this page and enter the login ID and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice.

To file a Benworth Capital Partners data breach settlement claim form online, class members can visit this page and enter the login ID and PIN found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF claim form to print, complete, and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

All Benworth Capital Partners settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by December 21, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Benworth Capital Partners class action settlement following a hearing on January 5, 2027. Benefits will begin to be made available to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Benworth Capital Partners class action lawsuit alleged that the Florida-based hard-money lender for commercial and residential mortgages failed to adequately protect current and former customers’ private information from a data breach that occurred on or around May 18, 2025.

Court documents state that personal information that may have been compromised during the data incident included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, and loan account information.

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