A Montana company has filed a class action lawsuit against the debt settlement company Morgan Drexen. Morgan Drexen is accused of violating racketeering laws and the Credit Repair Organizations Act. A newspaper article said: Morgan Drexen has “actively conspired’’ to avoid laws that apply to debt settlement companies and has “engaged in the unauthorized practice …
Liz “Dear Steve, I have been unemployed due to downsizing since June 2008. I fell behind on my Discover card payments, and now they are suing me for $10,000 plus court costs and interest. I can’t make ends meet on my unemployment check, and even that is due to run out in May. I am …
Linda “Dear Steve, I have been a customer for 13 years. In that time my payments were never late. Dec. 2007, I was late. A customer rep called me and I handled it right away. (Late payment was the result of an unexpected death in immediate family.) As a result the interest rate was raised …
Garr “Dear Steve, I owe Navy Federal Credit Union $17,000 the account is charge off but they are take legal act to garnishment or civil suit i am not sure they take a settlement. Garr” Dear Garr, The issue here that you need to take some action to intervene here instead of just watching the …
Douglas “Dear Steve, My mother received a collection letter at her home of which I have not lived for a number of years. The letter stated that a sheriff would be sent shortly to serve a complaint. The collection letter said that they are not a law firm, that they were just trying to collect …
Ernie “Dear Steve, I have a notice to appear in a judges chamber for a teleconference call with a law firm of Wagner and Hunt (American Express), In the past we have corresponded each time I gave them an offer to settle but they have never responded and now we are about to go to …
This has been a growing story over 2008 but I think it is a good example of the perils that consumers face when trying to get out of debt. We already have been ingrained to not trust credit counselors by the flurry of activity as the IRS targeted credit counselors a few years ago. But …