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Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC: bottom-feeder debt buyer is piling up complaints
We are investigating Jefferson Capital Systems, LLC. Jefferson bills itself as “an industry-leading provider of traditional and unique recovery services for consumer charged–off accounts.” When a bottom-feeder debt buyer touts its “unique” recovery services, you need to be very worried, because the “unique”recovery services were probably thought up by the same guy who came up with […]
FTC Shuts Down National Check Registry
The FTC announced in a press release that it shut down a group of abusive debt collectors from Buffalo, New York including National Check Registry. These companies were outlaw “strong arm” collectors who called people all over the country threatening criminal prosecution and worse for those who didn’t pay them. The principals in the company […]
Are you being hounded by National Credit Adjusters, LLC?
To be candid, I had the impression that National Credit Adjusters was an all talk no action bottom-feeder debt collector. Recently though, I have become aware that they have filed a few lawsuits against consumers in Indiana, so I am paying attention to them more. Now, that doesn’t mean that their lawsuits are any good, […]
Were you sued by IMC Credit Services LLC?
If you have been sued by IMC Credit Services, LLC, generally over a medical debt, please call my office at 317-662-4529. There are several practices that we are looking into relating to these cases. We will review your documents at no charge. One of the practices involves suing both spouses on the medical debt of […]
Were you sued by Driver Solutions LLC in Allen County, Indiana?
We are continuing to look into the collection practices of Driver Solutions LLC. It appears that they have shifted the venue for suing their customers from Marion County (Indianapolis) Indiana to Allen County (Fort Wayne) Indiana. You can do a web search and find out in a few minutes why. They got into a lot […]
GM Recalls 1.4 Million 1997-2004 Cars for Fire Risk
Today General Motors announced that it was recalling 1.4 million cars due to the risk of a catastrophic fire. According to ttac.com, the recalled calls are in the following years, makes and models which span most of GM’s divisions. According to Reuters, the affected cars come from the following makes and models: • 1997-2004 Pontiac […]
Apartment Owners of America (AOA) / Landlordsofamerica.com Consumer Credit and Background Report – Are They reporting non-evictions as evictions?
More and more landlords are checking credit reports before they grant leases. Often they don’t pull standard credit reports, they pull special “trimerge” reports combining data from various sources. A consumer contacted me because she she was refused an apartment lease based on a “consumer credit and background report” issued by Apartment Owners of America […]
Bad Company of the day: Westlake Financial Services/Wilshire Consumer Credit
“Bad” really doesn’t cover the things Westlake Financial Services and its affilliate, Wilshire Consumer Credit, were doing to their customers. Westlake/Wilshire is in the business of high risk auto loans. Being in the high risk loan business doesn’t give a company the right to lie and cheat when collecting its bills. According to the results […]
More on Pension Factoring – Pension Assignments
We just did our third case in support of pensioners who got involved in pension assignment contracts. In my opinion, these contracts are illegal not just from the point of view of the seller, but also from the point of view of the buyer as well. From the seller’s point of view, they are disguised […]
The Strange Case of The College Network and Oak Rock Financial
I do not actually have any cases right now involving the College Network, but after hearing and reading news stories alleging hundreds of complaints against the Indianapolis-based company, I decided I better learn a little more about them. There are eight pages of complaints at the website lettertobarackobama.com. The Better Business Bureau, at the time […]
