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Florida AG takes legal action against credit "repair" agencies - Hartford Courant

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... "were purportedly offering debt relief services including credit counseling, credit repair, debt management, and credit card rate reduction services. ...

Only time heals a credit report - Arizona Republic

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Recently, the Federal Trade Commission cracked down on 33 bogus credit-repair companies. They were all making the same promises. ...

Attorney general seeks to shut down credit repair firm - WRAL.com

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Raleigh, NC — Attorney General Roy Cooper took legal action this week to try and shut down what he called a bogus credit repair company. ...

FTC cracking down on credit repair services (San Francisco Chronicle)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:23 AM CST

With foreclosures, short sales and credit card defaults at record levels, an aggressive breed of firms has sprung up offering to power-wash consumers' damaged credit files and boost credit scores - thereby eliminating records of bankruptcies and mortgage...

Credit washers make dirty claims (Boston Herald)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 11:12 PM CDT

With foreclosures, short sales and credit-card defaults at record levels, an aggressive breed of firms has sprung up offering to power-wash consumers' damaged credit...

Ken Harney: Beware firms promising to scrub bad credit reports (Baltimore Sun)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 02:41 AM CST

Kenneth Harney -- Nation's Housing W ith foreclosures, short sales and credit card defaults at record levels, an aggressive breed of firms has sprung up offering to power-wash consumers' damaged credit files and boost credit scores, thereby eliminating records of bankruptcies and mortgage delinquencies, even when the information is accurate.