Borrower Nightmares

By Julie Vorman

Leaderless CFPB faces big job taming predatory lenders

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Borrower Nightmares: $700 dormitory fee costs family its car

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Broad reach of new consumer financial agency may fall short in some areas

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Maryland challenges online payday lender owned by tribal member

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"Dear CFPB" wish lists urge action on mortgages, payday loans, prepaid cards

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"… llsEmbarrassed about her mounting credit card bills, retired schoolteacher Mary Linville signed up with what she thought was a debt settlement company that promise …"

Borrower Nightmares: Small town teacher seeks help for big debt, ends up in bankruptcy

By Shirley Gao

Illinois, W.Virginia sue debt settlement companies for using loophole to charge high up-front fees

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Debt settlement company fined, ordered to stop operating in Illinois

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Real estate mogul built offshore maze as creditors, Swedish government pursued him

By International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

A script for when creditors call

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Borrower Nightmares: $700 dormitory fee costs family its car

By Amy Biegelsen

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mary Linville":

"… vely short time in the program, the spokeswoman said. …"

"… he Lincoln County Journal, which has a circulation of 15,000. That is when Mary Linville’s elderly mother first learned of it.“My grandma yelled at her for 20 …"

"… entries on www.MorganDrexenToday.com. A company spokeswoman also said that Mary Linville did not return her power-of-attorney documents until July 2008, and that&n …"