On 2/29/08, Chase filed suit against Hess Kennedy, a Florida debt elimination and law firm. UNLIKE scammer FDRS, Hess Kennedy actually has real attorneys filing real lawsuits. However, it appears that despite the lawsuits they were not effective in actually eliminating debts, at least with respect to Chase accounts.
On 4/1, Hess filed its motion to dismiss for lack of venue and personal jurisdiction.
The Chase complaint and exhibits include consumers' and the Hess dispute letters. I assume that the consumer letters were actually sent out by Hess and that these are the letters FDRS claims are proprietary.
I posted the docket and most filings to date including the exhibits for your reading pleasure:
legal/Chase-v-Hess-Kennedy/
Unfortunately, the filings on PACER are SCANNED, rather large and not searcheable, so I'll have to find the time to retype some of the highlights.
An article by Bud Newman, Daily Business Review does NOT address the SUBSTANCE of the disputes at all.
... The bank suit claims its credit card customers were urged to falsely claim nonexistent billing errors on monthly statements to avoid payment or have the debt erased. ...
The only thing "nonexistent" is the money Chase loaned out until it was CREATED by Chase when it made the loans.
On 3/7/08, Hess Kennedy sued Chase in Florida district court, seeking a declaratory judgment enabling them to continue to represent consumers to submit FCBA disputes.
legal/Hess-Kennedy-v-Chase/
On 3/12/08, Capital One filed suit against Hess Kennedy.
The Capital One complaint is attached to the Hess 4/1/08 motion to dismiss in the Chase case as Exhibit B:
legal/Chase-v-Hess-Kennedy/4-1-08-Hess-Exh-B-complaint-3-6-08-CapOne-v-Hess.pdf
Capital One states that $16 million in debt were disputed and that they suffered lossed due to "delayed payment" on over 7,300 accounts due to Hess Kennedy disputes. Capital One primarily complains about credit counseling and debt reduction and does NOT mention paragraph 5 of its Exhibit 4, a Hess Kennedy dispute letter:
Any source of any cash or cash equivalent you and/or claimant claim was paid to client ....
I'll post the filings from that case as soon as I have time. I noticed that Capital One included the full name at 28) of one of its customers, Margaret Ellard
Summary:
It hope that these lawsuits will serve to bring the banks' CREATION of money into the spotlight and that the American people will take back their currency from the bankers.
Persons with DOCUMENTATION should submit an amicus brief to the courts.
These disputes are NOT frivolous!