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http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/28/lendup-raises-50-million-to-disrupt-payday-lending/

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/New-to-Texas-LendUp-strives-to-give-payday-5675455.php

http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/30/how-one-companys-api-can-help-loan-money-to-borrowers-turned-away-by-banks-exclusive/

I was paid by LendUp to revise and update this page.Tlvernon (talk) 17:13, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

On November 26, 2025, Sashaorloff (the article subject, Sasha Orloff) directly edited this article to remove documented federal enforcement actions. This follows the pattern of paid/connected editing already documented on this talk page (Tlvernon 2018, LauraBehrens 2013).

Content removed by Sashaorloff:

• Entire "CEO permanent ban" section documenting the CFPB Stipulated Final Judgment and Order (Case No. 3:21-cv-06945-JSC)
• Entire "Political connections" section (James Petras 2015 article)
• Section V prohibitions listing what LendUp officers are permanently banned from doing
• Subsequent activities including founding Puzzle Financial
• Theorem/Pagaya investment connection with Y Combinator and Altman Family LLC
• SEC filing citation from Pagaya Technologies

Claims made by Sashaorloff on Wikipedia:Help_desk:

• Called citations "made up" despite linking to federal government documents
• Claimed links were "404/errors" when another editor (BrandNewSaint) verified "none of the links were dead"
• Attributed a quote to me ("I will flood you with bad press and SEO hijacking") that I have no trace of anywhere, claiming he has a screenshot but "the system is not letting me upload it"
• Admitted to surveilling my LinkedIn posts after blocking me ("I discovered this from his LinkedIn post")

For context: I am a federal whistleblower with 5 SEC complaints, a California State Bar complaint (Case No. 25-O-30894), and a California Board of Accountancy complaint (Case No. A-2026-1047) filed regarding Mr. Orloff and related entities. I edited this article on November 7, 16, and 17, 2025 to add sourced information about federal enforcement actions.

Sources Mr. Orloff claims are "made up":

• CFPB Stipulated Final Judgment: https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/documents/cfpb_lendup_proposed-stip-final-jdmt-and-order_2021-12.pdf
• SEC filing from Pagaya Technologies: https://investor.pagaya.com/static-files/dc62a517-9636-4a9d-9f6a-9e731a702992
• James Petras article from March 2015: https://petras.lahaine.org/netanyahu-he-came-he-saw-he-conquered-the-power-of-israel-over-the-united-states/

Full documentation of this incident: https://patrickstoica.com/puzzle-statement/#wikipedia-edit-war-sasha-orloff-personally-removes-fraud-documentation-november-26-2025

Pretzelseveryday (talk) 03:50, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick, you are continue to acknowledge that you are using Wikipedia to "SEO Hijack" this page. Here is a screenshot of your LinkedIn post:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M4JJ--KrtpiuoLattCFhD0BQN3r9XaNn/view?usp=sharing

Your blog references the Wikipedia edits that you created / invented as source. The CFPB never banned anyone from doing anything, which is why your links cannot cite, source or reference this. You link simply to a government website homepage.

Citing another blog, James Petras, with up and unsourced blog are also not evidence, just demonstrating your anti-semitism.

These are violations of Wikipedias code of conduct. Sashaorloff (talk) 05:06, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]