Victims of Bogus Debt Negotiation Scam to Receive $104 Refund Payments

A complaint issued by the FTC in 2004 has finally paid some limited fruit to consumer caught in the scheme. The original complaint can be found here. An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks to 360 consumers who were victims of Innovative Systems Technology doing business as Briggs & Baker, an …

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Good Example of Twisting Information in Favor of Debt Settlement

In a recent press release “Debt Settlement Companies on Life Support and Two US Senators Ready to Pull the Plug — Observations from Debt Resource Company, Dept Help and Beyond” (source) a company takes the approach that debt settlement needs to be preserved, the following two items caught my eye. First, it’s probably not a …

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