We have been focused on student debt recently, and with good reason. It's an important bankruptcy topic, let alone an important social topic. Today we will be continuing that discussion, albeit through a very bizarre and unexpected lens. A college out west has filed...
Month: July 2014
Student debt scamming becoming much more noticeable
It's an unfortunate aspect of life: there are people out there who prey on people who are in difficult life situations. Often these scam attempts revolve around money, and usually the targets are people who are significantly in debt. Mortgages, credit card debt, auto...
After many failed bankruptcy attempts, woman jailed for fraud
After filing for bankruptcy six times in a four-year span, a woman has been sentenced to federal prison for just over a year after she pleaded guilty to providing false statements in her bankruptcy attempts. Apparently all of her bankruptcy attempts were Chapter 13...
The problem with student debt, and the hope it will soon be fixed
One of the prevailing reasons that many people are in debt is student debt. The loans that people took out in college to pay for myriad things -- including skyrocketing tuition, absurdly expensive books, and numerous other school supplies -- end up biting them later...