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Rochelle Sparko

When Debt Settlement Leads to Financial Harm

By Rochelle Sparko, MAY 30, 2023

Seventy-five-year-old Army veteran Lester Rodgers, Jr. lives in Chatham County on a fixed income. When his wife passed away, he worried that he would not have enough money to keep his home.

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