Houstonian Nathaniel Chilo, aka Nathaniel O’Neil, 23, now convicted in two separate debt relief scams, has been sentenced to prison again, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Chilo entered a plea of guilty to wire fraud in relation to this case Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Today, U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, who accepted …
“Dear Steve, My name is Brenton and my mom is going through a tough time and needs help. My father has 2 credit cards that need to be repaid but he went to prison for 2 years. The credit cards are in his name not my mothers. But now since he is in prison they …
“Dear Steve, I retired as a Department of Defense Fire Chief – retired early to try and save a marriage – didn’t work – started drinking – 3 DUI’s – went to prison for 4 years – I’m 47 years young. I recently got home and ran my credit report – numerous accounts were added …
“Dear Damon, I just spend the last 18 months in prison…I have a ton of debt now because there was no one to help me on the outside. I’ve been told that my debt is erased when incarcerated…is this true. If so how do I go about clearing my financial obligations….I don’t want or need …
“Dear Steve, I met with a young woman I have written to in prison for eleven years on Monday. She has a student loan that has gone to collection and is accruing 5% interest annually. Do you know of any options for someone who earns just $600 annually? Her sentence is another 35 years and …
More than $659,000 was embezzled by Constance Bexley Iwanski, a Texas energy company bookkeeper. Iwanski will face up to 27 months in federal prison and be required to pay the company their money back. Iwanski had been with the company for 31 years and had been solely in charge of the books for 17 years. …
“Dear Steve, My son has a credit card balance of $17,000. He is in prison and we have been paying $300/month on his card. He has asked us to stop paying, and to find some other way to reduce the balance. He has seen commercials on TV of companies that do that. Should we just …
Rina “Dear Steve, I am currently on visit visa here in UAE as i have resigned salary from my previous job and got my employment visa cancelled as I got a better employment offer from another company but unfortunately it took them more than three months to start the employment visa processing. Leaving my old …
“Dear Steve, My husband is in prison and he was telling me that I can get a credit card in his name. Is this possible? Would I have to get power of attorney? If so, how do I obtain that? Anya” Dear Anya, That is a horribly bad idea. If you apply in his name …
“Dear Steve, My husband of 19 years went to prison,I was left to manage all debts,mortgage with less than half the income. I refinanced to keep going with my smaller income.I had to refinance again to pay an attorney for my husband,he got 14 years. we are in the process of a divorce,I don’t want …