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Category Archives: Banking and Finance law
State Student Loan Collection Follies: Texas AG Paxton collects grand total of $54.12 by garnishing student loan debtor’s bank account; bank gets $600 for its trouble
HOW THE STATE OF TEXAS SQUEEZES A FEW ROCK-BOTTOM DOLLARS FROM STUDENT LOAN DEBTORS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton presides over a well-oiled litigation machine optimized to extract money from people who have fallen behind on payments on the state-sponsored student loans funded … Continue reading
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Tagged Collection, collects, Follies, Grand, Loan, Paxton, state, student, Texas, Total
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CFTC Alleges Florida Forex Venture Offering 12% Guaranteed Returns Was $75 Million Ponzi Scheme
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently unsealed an action in Florida federal court accusing five men of operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $75 million from at least 650 investors nationwide. The action, filed in the Middle District … Continue reading
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Tagged alleges, CFTC, Florida, Forex, Guaranteed, million, offering, Ponzi, Returns, Scheme, Venture
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FDCPA and Suing the Wrong Person: Smith v. Moss Law Firm, P.C. (USDC SD Tex. 2019)
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DUNNED OR SUED BUT DOES NOT OWE THE DEBT CAN HAVE STANDING TO BRING UNFAIR COLLECTION CLAIM UNDER FAIR DEBT COLLECTION STATUTES Motion to dismiss in FDCPA action brought by non-debtor against prominent Texas debt collection attorney Michael … Continue reading