Please correct! I think they say I am paid ahead until sometime in 2023. (ak, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), Docket(#3) NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Loan Science, LLC (Bruggenthies, George) (Entered: 10/10/2022), Docket(#2) NOTICE of Removal from Circuit Court of Cook County, case number (2022-M1-117796) filed by Loan Science, LLC Filing fee $ 402, receipt number AILNDC-19926556. Im a single mom that has had these loans for 24 years and my amount owed has only been going up because of the high interest rate and income based payments not being enough. I have a Student Loan with Nelnet it begins with D. Im not sure why I didnt qualify for the forgiveness program back in 2021 while working for the state local government supporting public service. I really would like an attorney to contact me, I also am a victim of their predatory lending in which in fact I paid my loans they were taking my income taxes and I asked my current educators to not use them and they subsequently ended up in their hands. I was mislead and led to believe I was participating in the loan forgiveness program ( by being enrolled in income based repayment plan) and after further questioning I was told my payments did not qualify. What probabilities I have to be in this law suit. Why is that? Prior to this, I was lead to believe there would be consequences for doing such a thing! My student loan is being transferred from Great Lakes to NelNet,Im very concerned. I was told my loans were federal student loans and I thought they were until reading this article. They never disclosed that to me. This is exactly what happened to me. I have read everyone comments; and yes its very deceitful. Unfortunately I have completely given up hope of ever repaying these loans. I dont even no who is really in charge of anything anymore. I remember them consolidating my loans and then the amount doubled. I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LAW SUIT. Please include me on the class action lawsuit as well or refer me to one in my region. I live and went to school in Ohio!!!!! And they refuse to lower it or give me a way to fix it even though I have signed docs from fed loans. I have been dealing with them for years. Untrue. I am also an attorney, my loans are Stafford and Perkins loans that were consolidated with Nelnet, I too was led me to be believe they were connected to the Department of Education. 1601 Trapelo Road Suite 21 Waltham, MA 02451 United States. I have Nelnet servicing my loans. Am I able to join this Lawsuit? I would like to join and be updated about this situation. I never realized it was a private loan until I kept gaining interest on the loans, even after the government stopped the interest and payments due to Covid. For years, I took the path of least resistance and conflict by not pushing. I am in the same boat! I am so frustrated b/c Nelnet is refusing to honor this arrangement. had no idea this was not a federally held student loan until Covid. I have nelnet and I called because of a payment due letter during the pandemic, then and only then did I find out my student loans were no longer considered federal. This is ridiculous! If you wish to benefit from the recent changes . Give us a call. I was led to believe that Nelnet was federally funded and because of my disabilities, I would be eligible for loan forgiveness through them, I recently a letter now stating Im not qualified cause of my loan. Counsel for the plaintiffs in this case are from Owen & Dunivan PLLC. Add my name to the class action! I never receive any correspondence from them when I ask. I have nelnet and I never heard of them I was misled. Can I be a part of this? Box 701650 San Antonio, TX 78270-1650 This company is straight from hell. The recent announcement regarding student loan forgiveness is only applicable for Federal student loans. Talk with an expert for online application help or CARES Act questions. Please add me as I thought this loan was apart of federal government. They say they have no records of my payments to ACS. I did not know Nelnet was not a Federal Student loan provider. Closed school, original loan $2500. Then Nelnet sent me a letter telling me that they have my loans now. I live in Las Vegas. Ive been paying for years and the loan doesnt seem to move. I have had loans with Nelnet for quite a while. This program forgives up to $17,500 of student loan principal and interest for those who teach full time for five consecutive, complete academic years. I have loans threw Nelnet and owe twice as much as I borrowed due to interest ID like in on this as well. How do I join this class action law suit? How can Nebraska be included in this class action lawsuit? That is $877.02 of accrued interest and $8,150.73 more than what I owed before it was sold to Dept. Im 5 years from retirement and over $97,000 in debt with these loans. When I requested this from a service agent I was told no I couldnt do that because I was in the income based repayment program. Before the pandemic I was on an IBR plan. "In the spirit of providing assistance, we may have misinterpreted customers' intentions in a small . I have been paying for >10years and still owe more than when I started payments. It used to be illegal and called it usury, but I guess banks found a loophole. Brenda, Every since Nelnet took over my loan, I still thought it was a federal loan. I thought my husband was just paying the loan down while the government put a hold on them because of Covid. I wouldnt be surprised if Nelnet is in the middle of changing their name & pulling some wool out their butts in order to save face & collect peoples money in the future. Can I be part of this CAS? They dont give you an option. Please help get stimulus released. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A-State Court Complaint, #2 Exhibit B-State Court Docket, #3 Exhibit C-Envelope, #4 Civil Cover Sheet)(Bruggenthies, George) (Entered: 10/10/2022). of Ed loans but am finding out that may not be the case. I have a Nelnet loan and believe my interest was misallocated. Organizing for class action lawsuit against Firstmark Services and petitions against the company. They are as guilty as Navient in deceiving borrowers. I have $15,000 outstanding since 2014 and was told I had to get a loan to continue studies for my Bachelors. I was misled by Nelnet that my consolidated loans were through Department of Education and backed by federal government. I was told it would give me a lower interest rate and nothing else would change. Nelnet is saying I can transfer to a direct federal consolidation for free and may be eligible for interest repayments for the Covid years. I was not informed of this consequence. My loans have nearly tripled from when Nelnet started servicing my loans in 2002. Im 73 and my loan was around 40000 I have paid that plus 60000i interest and still owe 40000. I have Nelnet and they told me that my loan was not a Fed loan but that is incorrect. That college was shut down because of bad practices in 2001. That consolidation not only ruined my but took me off of a regular federal loan to something that they no longer offer. Firstmark Services PO Box 2977 Omaha, NE 68103-2977: Correspondence: Firstmark Services PO Box 82522 Lincoln, NE 68501-2522 Fax: 1.866.258.9222: Overnight: Firstmark Services 121 S. 13th St., Suite 201 Lincoln, NE 68508: Toll-free: 1(888) 538-7378 : Hours Of Operation: 7am - 8pm Mon - Fri (CT) I have nelnet loan At this rate, I will die owing Dept. Please include me on this . In fact, I still have statements from 2017 with U.S Department of Education logo stamp on the far right side of their letterhead. but transferred to Firstmark Services, a division of Nelnet on March 20, 2021. Nelnet did not tell me the truth about my loan. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. Please add me to this lawsuit! I was finally able to piece together what was going wrong with my student loans and start on my offensive with Nelnet. Defendant Nelnet Education Loan Funding, Inc. (Nelnet) was directed (at the hearing) to refile the attorney appearances, Motion to Dismiss, and Memorandum in Support under case 22-cv-5545 by 11/18/2022 (and on review of the docket after today's hearing, Nelnet has done so). I had no idea that they were not considered federal loans and were not told by anyone that piece of information which is very important. I was also duped by Nelnet. My husband and I are both on Social Security Disability. I am a nelnet student loan borrower. I just went to go check when I saw this article. I am one of the many thousands misled by Nelnet. I could never find this Asia person again to make the payment to pay ot off. I think Im getting shafted by Nelnet. Its like being raped over and over every month. Alleged violations of both Californias Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (RFDCPA) and the federal Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA) are at the center of a proposed class action case filed against Firstmark Services. I was under the impression that my loans were federal because I had only ever used FAFSA. Is there anyone out there that can help direct me in what I should do! Nelnet took over 25 years of student loans. How does this happen without my approval? I even bought my first modest home to escape soaring rent rates. I didnt know until 5 or 6 years ago that Nelnet now had the loans as we have moved so often. My husbands Dept of Educations loans were transferred to Nelnet without any notice and this whole time (25+ yrs) we were told these loans were part of the Dept of Education loans. I have two loans through Nelnet. Please add me to the class action lawsuit. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeffrey T. Gilbert. I filed bankruptcy in 2017 and attempted to file the loans into my Chapter 7 bankruptcy but was told that student loans could not be cleared through a bankruptcy. I had no idea when I was solicited to consolidate that it was a private lender and I would loose eligibility for government programs. This is so wrong. The total borrowed was around $65K. School Employees. I was surprised. It is confusing because on my credit report it states US dept of Education/Nelnet so I thought they were really on behalf of the government until I came across this article!! I dont see anyway to ever pay back $80K, without support and transparency. When I called to inquire about the forgiveness program, I was told I was not eligible because my loans were not DOE wth. Firstmark Credit Union is committed to education. 2:21-CV-03048 | 2021-07-07, U.S. District Courts | Other | Please include me in this lawsuit. Welcome. I had to procure a personal loan from a family member to payoff Nelnet and pay my family a more affordable monthly payment, even with the repayment plan, it was very hard to pay back. I called Nelnet about the Cares Act. I was lead to believe through my original loan servicer Great Lakes, who sold my loans to Nelnet in 2019, that my loans were held by the federal government. July 1st 2021, Nelnet challenged the dispute. How can Nelnet determine if a person is disabled? And I was told Nelnet was part of Govenment Direct Student loans. If this is not a Federal loan anymore, does it still fall under the Federal student loan bankruptcy laws? The loans were deferred twice without my permission and the interest since 2016 is through the roof!!! Please add me to this lawsuit. I owe like 8500 but I still cant pay on my disability. Yep, nelnet some how own my loans. I also have Nelnet and thought the borrower loans was a federal loan. I have believed all this time my account was a Federal Loan. I too have been misled by nelnet as my loans were federally funded and they consolidated them advising still federal I still owe over $20,000 been paying for 18 years .. On everything including my credit report it shows Department of Education/Nelnet. Arlet Dale says: October 7, 2022 at 4:00 am. I was contacted about loan forgiveness which was a sham I owe more money than I borrowed and there is no way I can ever repay it especially if the interest continues to accrue daily. I have had several student loans in different amounts. I am from Indiana & my original Student loans have been bought from other companies or changed company names 4 times. He was told by an employee that he could make partial payments and that would be put on the back end of his loan three months later he was notified that he was delinquent. Had them since I graudated in 2016, and still paying off loans to this day. Nelnet bought my Everest college loan cant get rid of them. Terms and Conditions. IT WAS A LIE. They told me that they will make changes to credit report in the case of a natural disaster, however, the federal government declared covid-19 (A global Pandemic) just a disaster, not a natural disaster so my credit is ruined for no reason other than Nelnet are horrible people. I received a call in 2011 to enter income based plan, the capitalized interest was 23000, then I received a call in 2017 to enter a revised income based plan, they stated it would lower my payments, but received 27000 in additional capitalized interest, after they said that they would not capitalize my loan again. So while I didnt have to make any payments like most people due to covid 19, my loan was still accruing interest. 3. Thats almost the same thing that happened to me. No one indicated to me that my loan was a private loan at that time. Please keep me informed about this law suit. They stopped sending me paper copies of my monthly bill. I feel cheated. Yes Please add me over 50,000 misled by school which as changed names twice. MY PROBLEM WITH NELNET IS THEY LABELED MY LOAN AS PRIVATE AND NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANYTHING. They recently quoted me a payment based on a govt program to consolidate that was 1/6th of the current amount they are looking for. Ridiculous. Please add me to the Nelnet Class Action Lawsuit list, I thought they were federally backed. I am a single mother of 2 children. Its ridiculous!! I dont have the funds to pay on these student loans and this lawsuit will definitely help. I wanted to send it to Bernie Sanders but was told to send it to my state senator: When the pandemic hit and the C.A.R.E.S. My loans were in deferment under the Cares Act, they are reporting that my loans were 90 and 120 days late in 2020 during the deferment. I have a loan through them also. My loans were held, for a time, by ACS/ Xerox, then Nelnet. What can be done about it now? 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