Tag Archives: consumer complaints

FTC Report Revels Significant Rise in Complaints in Debt Management and Credit Counseling Category

In case readers may wonder how I spend my days, while some of it is writing, most of it is researching. And that research is not glamorous stuff. It often consists of reading reams of really boring reports and publications. One such publication just released by the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, [...]

Bogus and Scam Credit Counseling Groups Become Target Of Florida Legal System

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today unveiled his office’s latest consumer protection initiative in the form of a coordinated enforcement effort targeting potentially improper tactics in Florida’s debt relief industry. In a statewide initiative, the Attorney General’s Economic Crimes Division has taken legal action against five companies and opened formal investigations into the [...]