451:. Freedom Debt Relief settled a class action lawsuit filed by Washington’s Attorney Generalby paying over $ 800,000 to about 570 Washington consumers who used Freedom’s services. Freedom settled a similar case in New York for about $ 1.1 million. Freedom Debt Relief has also settled lawsuits in Colorado, Rhode Island, California, and Delaware. Additionally, Freedom Debt Relief makes it even harder for consumers to know who they are actually dealing with because it has multiple registered names under which it does business
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