In May 2009, Attorney General Mario Cuomo announced a national
investigation of debt settlement companies.
Not exact matches
That's likely an extreme case, but other
investigations by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission have routinely found
debt -
settlement companies with completion rates
of 10 % or less.
Cuomo's office issued subpoenas to 14
debt settlement companies and 1 law firm as a part
of this broader
investigation.
As part
of his broad
investigation of the
debt settlement industry, Cuomo issued subpoenas to multiple
debt settlement companies and affiliated businesses.
Nationwide Asset Services, a
company under
investigation by the New York Attorney General, has disclosed that while Nationwide Asset Services promised consumers
debt reductions
of between 25 to 45 percent, in fact only 64 customers out
of 1,981 actually completed the
debt settlement plan.