As part of its continuing crackdown on scams that target consumers in financial distress, the Federal Trade Commission settled charges against a debt relief operation that allegedly lured consumers nationwide into paying thousands of dollars in up-front fees, but in most cases failed to actually reduce their credit card debts, and in many cases left …
On August 17, 2010 the Federal Trade Commission sued Debt Relief USA, Kelly Reilly, Alvin Bell, James Wojcik, and Valerie Leath. Previously Debt Relief USA had been in the news on this site. Part of that news was about how the company was running for cover to ditch their liabilities under a bankruptcy filing in …
I don’t think the former corporate directors of Debt Relief USA will soon forget July 15, 2011. On that day a State of Washington court awarded a class action award of $1.5 million against the directors of a now defunct and bankrupt debt settlement company. James Wojcik, Kelly Reilly, and Alvin Bell will have to …