Sentences with phrase «firm as a middleman»

But if you choose to use a debt settlement firm as a middleman, take note of a recent rule overhaul by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has warned of a growing number of investment scams using law firms as middlemen.

Not exact matches

PricewaterhouseCoopers, UBS and other Western banks and accounting firms play a key role as middlemen in helping Chinese clients set up trusts and companies in the British Virgin Islands, Samoa and other offshore centers usually associated with hidden wealth, the records show.

Published reports identified Rattner as helping to arrange more than $ 1 million in placement fees to a middleman working for an investment firm.

Relations were much friendlier in the earliest days of the investigation, in summer 2007, when Mr. Cuomo's office began scrutinizing the tiny circle of associates around State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, who had positioned themselves as middlemen between financial firms seeking investments from the New York State Common Retirement Fund — the third largest pension fund in the country — and the public officials who controlled how the money was invested.

The debt settlement firm, amongst other things, will act as a middleman between you and your creditors, help you accumulate the money for your settlements and negotiate and pay the settlements when the time comes.