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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| State's lawyers go after two companies that fraudulently promised to wipe out debt. |
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By Bill Cohen - February 3, 2006 |
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Officials say dozens of Ohioans have been ripped off by an illegal scheme that promised to wipe out their debts. The Federal Trade Commission this week conducted a sweep against allegedly shady “debt repair” companies, and Ohio’s Attorney General has also filed suit against two Florida-based companies operating in Ohio – New Leaf Associates and Quantum Business Consulting. Shawn Peterson with the consumer protection division in the Attorney General’s Office says nearly 50 Ohioans paid an average of $5000 to the companies’ independent contractors, mistakenly believing it would totally wipe out their debts.
Consumer advocates say this is just the latest evidence that consumers should learn a lesson – if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is Ohio Public Radio has tried – without success – to contact New Leaf Associates in Florida and its two independent contractors in Ohio for their comment on the lawsuit that’s been filed against them in Mahoning County common pleas court. |
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Shawn Peterson (:20) 
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