Blog Posts in August, 2015

Question: A nursing home has sent me a statement for my uncle’s expenses with a note that they need to be paid. The statement is for the last 8 months. Why would they have waited this long to ask for ...

FTC Returns Money to Victims of Auto Loan Modification Scheme The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 288 checks totaling more than $109,000 to people who paid an up-front fee to Regency Financial ...

Question: My mother lives in a home that was owned by her and her late husband. He is the only one on the n0te. Can she walk away from the home with no ramifications financially? Answer: Not ...

Disclosure in Navient’s SEC filings: On August 19, 2015, Navient Solutions, Inc. (“NSI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navient Corporation (the “Company,” “we” or “us”), received a letter from the ...

CONSUMER ALERT: SCAMMERS CLAIMING TO REPRESENT ADVANCE AMERICA TARGET ILLINOIS CONSUMERS COMPANY OFFERS TIPS FOR AVOIDING PAYDAY LOAN AND DEBT COLLECTION SCAMS SPARTANBURG, S.C., Jan. 8, 2015 ...

ABC World News (7/14, story 6, 0:20, Muir) reported that Citigroup “will pay about seven billion dollars for its role in the recession,” and that $2.5 billion “will be used to help families struggling ...