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What is the Fastest Way to Clear Student Debt From My Credit...
Question: Dear Steve, I went to college in 2013. My Mom got very sick with lupus and I had to go...
Does $600 a Week in Additional Unemployment Stop People From...
There are a lot of reactions to the now-expired additional unemployment benefits of $600 per week...
FTC Sends More than $1 Million in Refunds to Victims of Student...
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks totaling more than $1 million to individuals who...
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Question: Dear Steve, Looking into debt relief companies. Are there any reputable debt relief...
What is the Fastest Way to Clear Student Debt From My Credit...
Question: Dear Steve, I went to college in 2013. My Mom got very sick with lupus and I had to go...
Should I Even Bother to Settle My Sallie Mae or Navient Private...
Question: Dear Steve, When I first started college, 18 years ago, I borrowed money from Sallie...
How Can I Deal With My Back Taxes After Getting Out of Prison?
Question: Dear Steve, I owe over 10,000. in taxes. I have been in prison 3 times in 10 years. Can I...
Does $600 a Week in Additional Unemployment Stop People From...
There are a lot of reactions to the now-expired additional unemployment benefits of $600 per week...
Some College Students Are Just Financial Reality Challenged
Fox News recently had an article that caught my attention. See College students shocked to hear...
Anonymous Junk Mail Promises Debt Relief – Watch Out
Julei sent me a mailer she received through my junk mail program. She said,” I usually...
We Need a “Blue Light Special” on Bankruptcy
As a young man, I practiced law in a three-man law firm in Anchorage, Alaska. In the winter months...
Debt Relief Industry
Debt Settlement Kind of Wins Over Credit Counseling in CFPB...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just released a CFPB Report on Debt Settlement and...
CFPB Sues and Settles With Student Loan Assistance Company
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) settled with Timemark, Inc., a company based in...
Criminal Sentencing Scheduled for Brandon Frere From American...
Brandon Frere seems to be nearing the end of his legal issues with both the FTC and U.S. Attorney...
Lawsuit Goes After a Gaggle of Entities in the Settlement...
Ice Legal out of Lake Worth Florida has found a target in firms that were engaged in debt...
Student Loan Bankruptcy Discharge
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...
Clavell v. U.S. Department of Education: A New York bankruptcy...
Clavell v. U.S. Department of Education: An Introduction Christian Clavell, a 35-year-old sales...
Student Loan Rescue or Assistance
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...
Deep Dive Into NY Suit Against Student Loan Assistance Companies
Earlier today I wrote NY Sues a Bunch of Student Loan Debt Relief Companies and Equitable...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against...
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FTC Disconnects Pointbreak Media Robocall Scheme Defendants
Callers falsely claimed company represented Google, sought fees between $300 and $700 for first...
Scam Alert
Check Your PayPal Account if You Were an Amazing Wealth System...
The Federal Trade Commission is sending out refunds to consumers snagged in the Amazing Wealth...
Scammers Who Used Robocalls to Target Cash-Strapped Consumers...
The operators of a Florida-based company that allegedly defrauded financially-distressed and often...
Why Has Mitchell J Stein Not Been Disbarred Yet?
Question: Dear Steve, I am a plaintiff for the State of California against Mitchell J Stein Why has...
Another Debt Relief Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Sham...
Here we go again. Another group of brainiacs takes a turn at the age-old credit card sham effort to...