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Student Loan Forgiveness Scammer Permanently Banned from Debt Relief Industry and Telemarketing

Commerce / trade / tech · antitrust

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Dennise Merdjanian, an operator of a student loan debt forgiveness scheme, will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and telemarketing under a proposed order resolving the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that she and other operators took more than $45.9 million from consumers as part of their illegal student loan debt relief operatioView Press Release

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