newjerseynewsroom.com

1. Salvatore and Nicholas Puglia and their fake Cherry Hill company must pay N.J. over $5M for mortgage fraud
(Money/Economy)

... practices, but also serves as a reminder that consumers seeking loan modification help should deal with licensed debt adjusters or other persons authorized to provide such services." Filed in state Superior ...

2. Need debt relief? Beware of debt modifiers
(Money/Economy)

... way, they will all take a large upfront fee, but it is important to be leery of promises that sound too good to be true. The State of New Jersey has a strict law regulating what the law calls "debt adjusters." ...

3. Legal efforts brought $148 million in judgments, recoveries for N.J. in 2009
(N.J./State)

... the companies falsely represented loan modification services and collected unlawful "up-front" fees. Also in July, a final consent judgment was entered ordering United Credit Adjusters and related companies ...