Finances and the CoronaVirus (COVID-19)

Right now, there is a global pandemic gripping the world.   Everyone is being asked to self-quarantine and social distance in order to stop the spread of the CoronaVirus (COVID-19).  Businesses are laying off mass number of employees.  The amount of work shifts employees are working are being reduced. Retail, service and restaurant workers are being […]

Debt Still Dogs Americans – TheStreet.com

In new article featuring attorney Craig Zimmerman, TheStreet.com touches on the modern nature of debt, credit, & consumerism. Astoundingly almost 80% of Americans hold some form of debt. That terrible news for the financial backbone of the country right? Read more at : http://www.thestreet.com/story/13262713/1/debt-still-dogs-americans-but-that-may-not-be-a-bad-thing.html

ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGES “DEBT BUYERS” WITH DEFRAUDING MINNESOTA COURTS

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson today in a legal filing accused one of the nation’s largest “debt buyers” of defrauding Minnesota courts and citizens by filing false and deceptive “robo-signed” affidavits—generated at its offices in St. Cloud, Minnesota—to collect on old consumer debts that it purchased from credit card companies and others for about three […]