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Student Loan Fraud

The FTC accuses American Financial Support Services, Arete Financial Group dba Arete Financial Freedom and a slew of other business and their operators of preying upon student debtors in a $43 million advance-fee debt relief scam, in federal court.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The FTC brought a federal complaint accusing American Financial Support Services, Arete Financial Group dba Arete Financial Freedom, and a slew of other business and their operators of preying upon student debtors in a $43 million advance-fee, debt-relief scam.

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