Attorneys general from Illinois to West Virginia have become serious about combating abusive practices within the debt settlement industry. In New York state, Attorney General Cuomo recently announced that the state has secured subpoenas against 14 national debt settlement companies. At the same time, the Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in an effort to reign in the industry. Join Thomas Fox, Cambridge Credit Counselings Community Outreach Director, as he discusses why so much scrutiny is being placed on debt settlement agencies and the practices that have brought them under fire.
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I would have to …
I would have to agree with these points. I signed up for a debt settlement plan, and while they were not as abusive as some of the things he mentions, it did trash my credit. I was able to settle some of the debt but not for as little as they claimed originally. The final creditor though completely refused. They sued, for an amount almost double the original debt (because of interest and fees), and I ultimately had to declare bankruptcy anyway, which is what I had been trying to avoid.