KC-area payday lenders face involuntary bankruptcy

Lawsuits against a payday lending operation originating out of Mission Hills continue to head down a highly unusual path that probably will keep local lawyers exceptionally busy. A company called NorthRock LLC has teamed up with CoreFirst Bank & Trust and a company called NetFinance LLC to force a network of payday lenders under the umbrella of a company called LTS Management Services — along with its two owners, Del Kimball of Mission Hills and Sam Furseth of Oklahoma City — into an involuntary…