Jason Mitchell, the CEO of The Mitchell Group, called the CFPB's lawsuit against both his company and Rocket Homes "a witch hunt."

The top U.S. watchdog agency for consumer finance on Monday accused Rocket Homes, a unit of Rocket Companies , and The Jason Mitchell Group of real estate brokerages of an illegal kickback scheme to steer mortgage applications back to Rocket.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has filed suit against Rocket Homes, alleging the real-estate company provides incentives to brokers and agents to steer home buyers to its parent company’s mortgage-lending wing,

A federal consumer watchdog agency alleges that an affiliate of Rocket Mortgage acted illegally by providing kickbacks for referral business.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lawsuit is against Rocket Homes, although also cites Rocket Mortgage and title company Amrock.

Lender Rocket Homes gave kickbacks to real estate brokers and agents to get homebuyers to sign up for its loans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a

The suit alleges The Jason Mitchell Group, headquartered in Scottsdale, encouraged its agents to steer homebuyers toward Rocket Mortgage products.