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Caution: Freedom Debt Relief

By Cathy Moran

Here’s the consent decree obtained by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against Freedom Debt Relief in mid-2019. Freedom Debt Relief stip.

For some perspective on debt settlement as a solution to serious debt, see these posts over more than a decade from Bankruptcy Soapbox.

Debt Settlement Is A Dud

How Debt Settlement Really Works

The Worst Reason To Choose Debt Settlement

 

 

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About Cathy Moran

I'm a veteran bankruptcy lawyer and consumer advocate in California's Silicon Valley. I write, teach, and speak in the hopes of expanding understanding of how bankruptcy can make life better in a family's future.

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About The Soapbox

You've arrived at the Bankruptcy Soapbox, a resource of bankruptcy information and consumer law.

Soapbox is a companion site to Bankruptcy in Brief, where I try to be largely explanatory and even handed (Note I said "try").

Here, I allow myself to tell stories and express strong opinions on how I think law should work for the consumer and small businesses when it comes to debt.

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