Section 458-I. Action for recovery of damages by consumer

Any consumer
  injured by a violation of this article or by the breach  by  the  credit
  services  business of a contract which has been entered into pursuant to
  section four hundred fifty-eight-f of this chapter may bring  an  action
  for  recovery  of  damages.  Judgment  shall  be  entered  in favor of a
  consumer in an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages,  but
  in no case less than the amount paid by the buyer to the credit services
  business. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees to a prevailing
  plaintiff.