A woman from Humble, Texas, was recently arrested by local police for using dubious police reports to get items removed from consumer credit reports. According to KHOU 11, Roekeicha Brisby is accused of fixing people’s credit through illegal means between November 2020 and March 2022. She’s charged with forgery and fraudulent use of identifying information, …
Recent court documents present a very interesting transcript in the case brought by the Department of Justice against Turbo Solutions, Alex Miller Financial Services, Alex Miller Credit Repair, Alexander V. Miller You can find past posts on this case using this and this. Transcript from March 22, 2022 Found in Another Filing DEFENDANT MILLER: Yes. …
Wide-ranging Operation Promises Easy Credit Fixes, But Provides Worthless Services and Pitches Pyramid Scheme Where Few, If Any, Make Money The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against Financial Education Services and its owners, Parimal Naik, Michael Toloff, Christopher Toloff and Gerald Thompson, as well as a number of related companies, for scamming consumers out …
On May 23, 2022, Financial Education Services, United Wealth Services, VR-Tech, VR-Tech Mgt, CM Rent, Youth Financial Literacy Foundation, Parimal Naik, Michael Toloff, Christopher Toloff, and Gerald Thompson and into an FTC lawsuit and takeover. This is yet another credit repair operation that has run into regulators. Ironically, I wrote about this operation in 2012. …
Company Illegally Charged Consumers for Credit Advice, Filed False ID Theft Reports and Pitched Them on Fake Business Opportunity At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has temporarily halted a bogus credit repair scheme known as The Credit Game for promoting a series of lies and deceptions. The FTC alleged the …
The Federal Trade Commission obtained an order halting a credit repair scheme that allegedly bilked consumers out of millions of dollars by falsely claiming they will remove negative information from credit reports, while also filing fake identity theft reports to explain negative items on customers’ credit reports. At the request of the FTC and the …
[The opinions expressed in this guest post are those of the author. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of anyone else. If you would like to submit a guest post as well, click here.] For those who don’t feel like Daniel Rosen (Credit Repair Cloud) has done anything wrong and is …
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today filed a lawsuit in federal district court accusing a California-based software company and its owner of providing assistance to illegal credit-repair businesses. The CFPB alleges that Credit Repair Cloud and CEO Daniel Rosen have violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 …
When you start to use credit cards and take out loans, you build a credit score that demonstrates your creditworthiness. Does that number stay static a day, a week, a month? In truth, it’s changing all the time. Most of your accounts probably report information to the credit bureaus every 30 to 45 days. One …
Question: Dear Steve, My financial standing was destroyed by Lexington Law Firm beginning in August of 2017. They were to repair my credit history by dealing with some student loans and Bill Me Later(Pay Pal Credit). I approved the trial price of $14.99 using my debit card and personal account with US BANK. I also …