Responding to charges by the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has found a credit repair operation in contempt for violating a previous court order that required the defendants to stop promoting bogus credit repair products and services to consumers. The court ordered the defendants to pay $6.4 million to the FTC within 30 [...]
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DISTRICT COURT FINES CREDIT REPAIR COMPANY $6.4 MILLION
Posted: December 1, 2012 by administrator in FCRATags: alabama, atlanta a, ATLANTA GEORGIA, Birmingham al, CONSUMER LAW, credit repair organization act, credit repair scheme, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTES, CREDIT REPORT ERRORS, CROA, Dallas tx, erase bad credit, Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, FCRA LAW, Florida, JACKSON MS, jacksonville fl, miami fl, montgomery al, Nashville tn, ORLANDO FLORIDA, Tampa fl
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ID THEFT NEWS – WEEKLY UPDATE
Posted: September 2, 2012 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: ATLANTA GEORGIA, attorney, austin texas, Birmingham al, CONSUMER LAWYER, Credit Dispute Attorney, CREDIT ERRORS, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, DALLAS TEXAS, fair credit reporting act, FCRA LAW, fraud alert, fraud block, gainesville fl, houston texas, huntsville al, id fraud, ID Theft Law, IDENTITY THEFT, jacksonville fl, kentucky, miami fl, montgomery al, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, ORLANDO FLORIDA, san antonio texas, Tampa fl, Virginia
Our law firm represents victims of identity theft across the country. Identity theft is an epidemic, especially in the South. Few identity thieves are arrested and convicted. What can consumers do to protect their credit reports and their reputation? Federal law provides identity theft victims with rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Under [...]
HOW DO I DISPUTE CREDIT REPORT ERRORS?
Posted: January 22, 2012 by administrator in CREDIT DISPUTES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA, CREDIT REPORT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, CSC CREDIT REPORT, DALLAS TEXAS, EQUIFAX, EXPERIAN, FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT ATTORNEY, FCRA attorny, huntsville alabama, JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, MOBILE ALABAMA, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, ORLANDO FLORIDA, Trans Union
The most frequent question I receive is – How do I dispute credit report errors? The answer may not be what you think it is. Most consumers think that they should dispute the inaccurate item to the company providing the incorrect information to Equifax, Experian or Trans Union, but that is not the best practice. [...]
OFAC ALERT – HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR CREDIT AND BEEN DENIED?
Posted: January 5, 2012 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTESTags: Adverse Action, ATLANTA GEORGIA, background check error, BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA, credit denial, CREDIT DISPUTE, CREDIT REPORT, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, DALLAS TEXAS, Denied Credit, EQUIFAX, EXPERIAN, FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT ATTORNEY, fcra lawyer, free credit report, Hawk Alert, id theft, IDENTITY THEFT, miami florida, mobile, nashville tennessee lawyer, OFAC Alert, OFAC Dispute, ORLANDO FLORIDA, Trans Union
Have you applied for credit and been denied because your credit report had a OFAC alert? Keep reading….An OFAC alert is an alert given to your potential creditors (landlords, car dealers, credit card companies) when your name matches a name on the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list. The persons named on the OFAC list are [...]
RESOLVE TO BE AN INFORMED CONSUMER
Posted: January 2, 2012 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUD, CREDIT DISPUTES, FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES, FCRA, IDENTITY THEFTTags: 2012 Resolutions, ATLANTA GEORGIA, attorney, BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA, Class actions, consumer protection, CREDIT REPORT ERROR, DALLAS TEXAS, debt collection calls, fair credit reporting act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, fcra lawyer, File A Complaint With the FTC Video, huntsville alabama, id fraud, IDENTITY THEFT, JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, lawyer, MOBILE ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY ALABAMA, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, ORLANDO FLORIDA
As you jot down your list of resolutions for 2012, why not consider a few to help you become more empowered in the marketplace? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other NCPW partner agencies and organizations, offer free resources on a variety of topics to help you make informed consumer decisions. In fact, there’s pretty [...]
BANK OF AMERICA SETTLES CLASS ACTION FOR $335 MILLION
Posted: December 28, 2011 by administrator in CONSUMER FRAUDTags: ATLANTA GEORGIA, BANK OF AMERICA CLASS ACTION, BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA, BOA Discrimination Settlement, Class Action Lawyer, Consumer Fraud Attorney, COUNTRYWIDE CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT, DALLAS TEXAS, JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, ORLANDO FLORIDA
Bank of America (BOA) has agreed to pay $335 million to settle a lawsuit alleging BOA charged different rates for home loans based on “race or national origin.” The lawsuit claims Countrywide Financial Corp., owned by Bank of America, charged higher fees to “black and Hispanic borrowers.” The settlement will affect more than 200,000 borrowers. [...]
ROCKYOU DATA BREACH CLASS ACTION POISED FOR SETTLEMENT
Posted: December 3, 2011 by administrator in CLASS ACTIONS, DATA BREACHES & DATA LOSS, DATA SECURITYTags: ATLANTA GEORGIA, attorney, BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA, huntsville, jackson mississippi, JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, lawyer, NASHVILLE TENNESSEE, ORLANDO FLORIDA, ROCKYOU Class action, Tuscaloosa
When Alan Claridge’s personal information was compromised in the breach of data from RockYou in 2009, he sued the company for damages. Last week, after two years in litigation, a settlement was proposed — and legal experts say it might prop the door open for more lawsuits. According to the proposed settlement agreement, the judgment in Claridge’s [...]