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The End Has Come With a Whimper for Arete Financial Freedom and Others

The End Has Come With a Whimper for Arete Financial Freedom and Others

The court just recorded an apparent final disposition in the Arete Financial Freedom lawsuit. The parties included under the Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Monetary Judgment include Arete Financial Group, Arete Financial Freedom, CBC Conglomerate, 1file.org, Diamond Choice Inc., Interest Rate Solutions, J&L Enterprise, Premier Solutions Servicing, La Casa Bonita Investments, Inc., La Casa …

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The Association for Student Loan Relief Closes. R.I.P. AFSLR.

The Association for Student Loan Relief, an association for companies selling student loan relief, has gone dark. The website simply says, “The Association for Student Loan Relief is no longer active and no companies are members of the Association. AFSLR has discontinued operations and provides no endorsement of any business. No business is permitted to …

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Morgan Drexen Bankruptcy Update for August 25, 2015

As part of the public record, the bankruptcy trustee in the Morgan Drexen bankruptcy has just posted a very interesting update. The document was filed on August 24, 2015 and here is what it says. The Trustee states the Morgan Drexen business has been wound up and 15,000 letters were sent to “Affected Customers” notifying …

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Has Practical Debt Relief Gone Poof? Police Confirm Investigation.

A tipster (send in your tips here) sent in the following statement: “Practical Debt Relief is gone. Around $250K was embezzled from the client accounts held by Global Client Solutions. The local police department are investigating which is Davie, Florida. Global Client Solution closed the accounts of all clients and sent them refunds and a …

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Debt Validation of America Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Debt Validation of America has appeared on this site many times over the years, click here. A reader tipped me off the debt settlement company filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. They filed on February 28, 2013. Their bankruptcy application lists assets of $0 to $5,000 and liabilities of $50,001 to $100,000. Morgan Bryan Perry …

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Debt Remedy Solutions Closes and Tells Clients to Do It Yourself

A tipster (send in your tips here) wrote and said Debt Remedy Solutions just closed up shop and is now advising clients to deal with their creditors directly. The reader said that this advice was given to clients when they call the toll-free number at 866-597-0730. And sure enough, that’s what the message says. Listen …

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Mortgage Modification Company Former Owner Facing 80 years in Jail

Isaak Khafizov, a former owner of American Home Recovery (AHR), a mortgage loan modification business, was found guilty yesterday in Manhattan federal court of conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud distressed homeowners and lenders. Khafizov was convicted after a ten-day jury trial presided over by U.S. District Judge …

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UK Debt Settlement Firm DebtDr Goes Bust Taking Client Funds With It

A UK based debt settlement company known as the DebtDr has gone bust and took £600,000 of client funds with it. The company was actually Hermes Financial Solutions, Ltd and was run by Jeremy Hockley. The company took client funds and held them on deposit until settlements were reached with creditors. Unfortunately this company ceased …

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Timeline Debt Solutions and R&N Consulting Tell Clients to Get Lost. We’ll Keep Your Money.

I’ve finally got my hands on the letter Timeline Debt Solutions sent out as they fell out of business. It’s horrible. Timeline Debt Solutions and RN Financial, aka R&N Consulting, had been selling debt settlement services on an advanced fee basis. They took her monthly $500 payments and deducted their fees for services before actually …

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CBDC Rumored to Have Closed Doors Suddenly

A tipster (send in your tips here) reports that effective yesterday, the nonprofit 501(c)3 credit counseling group closed their doors suddenly. According to the tipster (send in your tips here) a notice was sent out saying: I wanted you to hear this from me directly; I regret to inform you that CBDC will no longer …

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