The debt buying and collection industry has been growing for years.  Increasing at even greater rate it seems is the prevalence of fraudulent and untraceable debt collection companies.  These companies call consumers and threaten legal action will be taken, often within 24-48 hours if the consumer does not return their call and make a payment. ...

Mortgage Settlement Review Back in February 2012, the Department of Justice, the attorney generals for 49 states and the District of Columbia (Oklahoma did not agree) entered into an agreement with the five biggest banks and mortgage servicers: Bank of America, Chase, CitiMortgage, Wells Fargo and GMAC/Ally.  The deal was formalized in April 2012 and...