A man named Carmelo Collana plead guilty to wire fraud and now faces up to 20 years in prison for his part in a scheme that may have collected $22 million on what were largely fake debts. In fact, the scheme participants may have collected the same accounts against the same people multiple times, and […]

I am collecting letters from debt collectors that threaten the issuance of a 1099-C (forgiveness of debt). There are a lot of different strategies that collectors are using to collect money using the threat of tax liability for foregiveness of debt. Often the collectors mis-state the law and the level of taxpayer responsibility. There are […]

If you are being sued or otherwise being hounded by JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC, please call my office at 317-662-4529.  We are investigating some of their collection practices.

It has been passed along to me that a news reporter is looking to talk to consumers with the following stories: 1. Anyone who’s been harassed or mistreated by a debt collector (especially any cases that are particularly extreme or unusual.)  2. Anyone who’s been collected on twice for the same debt, by different collection […]