Monthly Archives: October 2010

Fake Courtroom Used To Extract Payments From Debtors

October 30, 2010
By

An Erie Pennsylvania debt collector is accused of setting up a phony courtroom along with phony marshalls to shake down people who owed debts. The state Attorney General’s Office has gone to court to stop an Erie debt collection company from using what it says are misleading, confusing and coercive tactics to extract payments...

Read more »

United Illuminating Residential Customers Offered Free Energy Study

October 30, 2010
By

If you are a United Illuminating customer and you act FAST you can have an opportunity to participate in a pilot program can could reduce your electric usage and save money. UI and the Energy Efficiency Fund are teaming up in a pilot program that will provide free detailed home energy reports for one...

Read more »

Verizon’s $25 Million Fine May Be Big Deal For FCC, But Not For Verizon

October 29, 2010
By

The Federal Communications Commission trumpeted its “historic” consent decree with Verizon Wireless that provided for a $25 million fine as proof that the FCC is there for consumers. There is no question that the fine is a record for the FCC, but for Verizon Wireless, which earns around $4 billion each quarter, its a...

Read more »

Connecticut Author Suggests Safeguards Against ‘Granny Snatching’

October 29, 2010
By
Connecticut Author Suggests Safeguards Against ‘Granny Snatching’

Ron Winter, author of the book Granny Snatching published earlier this year, warns about greedy young relatives who “snatch” the savings of our nation’s grannies.

Read more »