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October 19, 2007

Debt (mis)management

The Maryland attorney general's Consumer Protection Division said today that a Frederick law firm offering allegedly less-than-helpful debt management services has agreed to cease and desist, and give refunds to clients.

The law firm "failed to forward consumers’ payments to their creditors, including approximately $240,000 of consumers’ payments that were used by the firm to pay its own debts," the attorney general's press release says.

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins

Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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