Tag: elder financial abuse

When a major vehicle purchase goes wrong, the fallout affects more than your bank account. The constant worry about whether your car will start or fail at critical moments can consume your daily life. This vehicle defect anxiety isn’t justREAD MORE

You disputed a Capital One fraud account. It disappeared from your credit report. Then, weeks or months later, it came back. You disputed it again. Yet somehow, it returned again. For many consumers, a reappearing unauthorized account, including a store-brandedREAD MORE

When shopping for a vehicle, you expect honesty from the showroom floor, not car dealer fraud. Unfortunately, some dealerships intentionally mislead buyers just to close a transaction.  If you were tricked into a bad contract, or a vehicle misrepresentation, you’reREAD MORE

Failed safety systems, three shop visits, and a $93,000 vehicle that couldn’t be repaired. That’s what one driver faced when their new 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E experienced a cascade of system failures.  Right from the start, the electric vehicle displayedREAD MORE

Finding a credit card, loan, or other account you never opened can be alarming. Whether you spotted it on your credit report, received a collection notice, or got a statement from a company you don’t recognize, a fraudulent account discoveryREAD MORE

Every year, thousands of auto buyers are stuck with a lemon because they think they can’t afford an attorney. And it’s easy to see why. California lemon law attorney fees can be as much as $700 an hour.  But California’sREAD MORE

The auto lending industry has a fraud problem and identity thieves aren’t the only ones causing it. When you buy a car, you sign a deal with the dealership — and enter a contract with a multi-billion dollar bank. ButREAD MORE

Imagine buying new high-performance jet skis, ready for the open water. You expect speed, precision, and reliability as advertised. But for one owner, his excitement was ruined when his new 2022 Sea-Doo began stalling on water and breaking down. RightREAD MORE

No consumer should be trapped inside their own vehicle or told they’re “just paranoid” about a gas leak. But that’s exactly what happened when one plaintiff reported multiple Airstream defects in her new RV. Shortly after purchasing a 2025 AirstreamREAD MORE

Has credit bureau failure ruined your credit score? According to the FTC, as many as 10 million Americans are impacted by serious credit reporting errors each year. Often this is due to account reinsertion, or when a creditor adds previouslyREAD MORE