Guba’s hiring is effective the next business day after the company files audited financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021. Wright will remain as chief accounting officer through next month.

NextPoint’s decision to shutdown its newly purchased LoanMe operations led to the company not filing the 2021 statements or those for the three quarters of 2022. The company said it plans to file them by the end of February.

 Liberty and LoanMe were intended to provide a one-step shop. But last spring, NextPoint said it substantially overpaid for LoanMe and it later halted loan operations., while loan servicer, United Development Funding, which NextPoint accused of fraud and of running a Ponzi scheme.