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Can My Fiance Really Ask to See My Bills?
Question: Dear Steve, I have several large bills that I have been making monthly payments with what...
FTC Adds New Charges, Additional Defendants in Case Against...
The Federal Trade Commission has added new charges and defendants to its ongoing case against the...
How Can I Find a Lawyer to Sue ECMC?
Question: Dear Steve, I was illegally garnished by ECMC now out of Minnesota. They did not get a...
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How Do I Get My Money Back From Burlington Financial?
Question: Dear Steve, I had paid Burlington Financial $13,947.00 to help me get out of credit card...
Can My Fiance Really Ask to See My Bills?
Question: Dear Steve, I have several large bills that I have been making monthly payments with what...
What Happens to My UAE Debt When I Move to the UK?
Question: I’m an Egyptian doctor who works in Dubai. I’m planning to move to the UK. I have a...
How to Protect Yourself From Election Misinformation
This isn’t debt-related but this was put out by the FBI and Cybersecurity &...
How Can I Find a Lawyer to Sue ECMC?
Question: Dear Steve, I was illegally garnished by ECMC now out of Minnesota. They did not get a...
Covid Debt Swallowing Middle Class
The Wall Street Journal ran a great piece yesterday No Job, Loads of Debt: Covid Upends Middle...
Auto Lender Forced Insurance – Fraud
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) settled with Lobel Financial Corporation, an auto...
Bankruptcy Judge Says REPAYE is a Hopeless Strategy
A recent opinion written by United States Chief Bankruptcy Judge Somers is a fascinating read. The...
Debt Relief Industry
Brandon Frere – 12,000+ Pages of Victim Impact Statements
What began as an action by the Federal Trade Commission against Brandon Frere, AFB, AF Student...
Two Charts That Explains Why Debt Relief Companies Are Not...
The bread and butter of the consumer debt relief industry have almost always been unsecured debt...
CFPB Makes a Sad Decision When it Comes to Consumers and Debt
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just made what I think is a poor decision when it comes to...
Debt Relief Players Case Struggles to Wind Up With Industry Ban
American Financial Support Services, and others were sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
Shocking Landmark Ruling on Private Student Loan Bankruptcy...
Let’s hope that August 31, 2020, can be remembered as an important day in the fight to break...
Lawyer Sentenced to 63 Years of Student Loan Hell
Peter Rubash is a sixty-year-old graduate of Duquesne University School of Law. He practiced law...
Single Mother Has Student Loans Logically Discharged in...
The Sad Case of Jessica Trejo In 2017, Jessica Trejo filed an adversary action in a Texas...
Rodger Love v. U.S. Department of Education: Betsy DeVos wears...
According to Urban Dictionary, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” is a phrase “often...
Student Loan Rescue or Assistance
CFPB Sues and Settles With Student Loan Assistance Company
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) settled with Timemark, Inc., a company based in...
Irvine California Employee Spills the Beans on Student Loan...
I received the following tip from an alleged employee of an Irvine based student loan assistance...
Student Debt Doctor and American Student Loan Consolidators...
The operators of two Florida-based student loan debt relief schemes are banned from the debt relief...
Brandon Frere of American Financial Benefits Center –...
Student loan assistance company executive Brandon Frere, 41, was arrested and faces a maximum...
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From Grand Opening to Shutdown in 24 hours: A restaurant’s...
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Life after 60: 8 important things you should know
These tips will make your life rich for two reasons: realizing the joy of living in the moment, and...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today filed a complaint...
FTC Disconnects Pointbreak Media Robocall Scheme Defendants
Callers falsely claimed company represented Google, sought fees between $300 and $700 for first...
Scam Alert
Online Training Academy to Forgive Consumer Debt
Online Trading Academy will be required to offer debt forgiveness to thousands of consumers who...
FTC Targets Charity Scams About Veterans, Cancer, Police, and...
The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorneys Generals in New York, Minnesota, Virginia, and New...
ClearPath Falls to CFPB Consent Order They Targeted Veterans for...
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a consent order against ClearPath...
Apparently You Can’t Trust the Mouse
Online children’s education company Age of Learning, Inc., which operates ABCmouse, will pay $10...