A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies

Using deceptive ad slogans like “Obama’s New Forgiveness Program” and “We Work for the Department of Education,” private companies are charging student-loan borrowers for services that falsely claim to provide debt relief, forgiveness, and consolidation. The pervasiveness of these so-called debt-relief companies is a growing problem for millions of borrowers—a problem that gets far too little attention…Lees meer