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Student Loan Services has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • Student Loan Services

      1905 E 17th St Santa Ana, CA 92705-8628

    • Student Loan Services

      151 N Kraemer Blvd Ste 100 Placentia, CA 92870-5042

    Business ProfileforStudent Loan Services

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    Multi Location Business

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    Government Action: BBB reports on known government actions involving business’ marketplace conduct::
    Federal Trade Commission v Brandon Clores and Kishan Bhakta

    The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.

    On October 5, 2023, Brandon Clores, and Kishan Bhakta entered into a Stipulation to Entry of Proposed Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, and Other Relief with the Federal Trade Commission. The Stipulation to Entry of Proposed Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, and Other Relief settles allegations that federal law was violated with deceptive representations, advance fees for debt relief services, material debt relief misrepresentations, and the use of false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to obtain or attempt to obtain customers’ information of a financial institution. Under the terms of the Stipulation to Entry of Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, and Other Relief, Brandon Clores and Kishan Bhakta are banned from secured and unsecured debt relief products and services, banned from telemarketing, prohibited from misrepresentations relating to any products or services, prohibited from unsubstantiated claims, prohibited against obtaining customer information by false pretenses. It is further ordered that Brandon Clores and Kishan Bhakta must jointly and severally pay $5,882,072.04, as monetary relief.

    This action is final.

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    3/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    22 complaints closed in last 3 years

    11 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview

    This company offers document preparation.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

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    Student Loan Services has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • Student Loan Services

        1905 E 17th St Santa Ana, CA 92705-8628

      • Student Loan Services

        151 N Kraemer Blvd Ste 100 Placentia, CA 92870-5042

      Location of This Business
      1905 E 17th St, Santa Ana, CA 92705-8628
      BBB File Opened:
      5/1/2017
      Years in Business:
      11
      Business Started:
      4/12/2013
      Business Incorporated:
      4/12/2013
      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Alternate Business Name
      • Student Debt Services LLC
      Related Businesses
      Business Management
      • Mr. Brandon Clores, Owner
      • Mr. Gianni Olilang, Member Manager
      • Mr. Kishan Bhakta, Member Manager
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Brandon Clores, Owner

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Brandon Clores, Owner
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      Customer Complaints

      22 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      04/04/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Sales and Advertising Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I graduated college in 2015. My federal loans were with navient. I had private loans to pay off so I tried to manage them for awhile but couldnt afford. I struggled greatly with navient from 2015-2019. I made some payment and put my loans into forbearance for a time. They were giving me inaccurate information so after researching my options, I moved my loans to another federal loan servicer, ****. A condition to move my loans was consolidation which I did. My loans were with **** in 2019 but were somehow moved to Aidvantage without my consent during the pandemic. Now my loans are at a much higher interest rate and Aidvantage is telling me that I will accrue $90K in interest which is way more than the original amount I ever took out. I cant afford these payments and I wouldnt have consolidated had I known this would happen because I had loans from 2005-2006 that had 0.5% interest. When I call Aidvantage I either cant get through (wait on call for over an hour only to be told their no longer taking calls and hung up on) or they refer me to the department of education. The department of education is also not taking calls but I was able to speak to someone over chat today. They said there is nothing they can do and keep referring me back to my servicer. I accrued I retest during periods of time that I was not supposed to accrue interest and now Im accruing at an astronomical rate that I will never be able to get from under. There is NO ONE on either side who can help and every month I accrue more interest. I need help. This is so unbelievably unfair and no one is taking any accountability. I didnt agree to these conditions and theyre just moving our loans all over the place without consent and adding interest. When I talked to Aidvantage last night they told me there were too many letters on my account to review with me on the phone and I could review in my account but I cant find them anywhere on my account when I log in. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!?

      Customer Reviews

      4 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Linda G.

      1 star

      06/07/2022

      Student loan Services has been contacting me as well telling me that I qualify for loan forgiveness. My husband and I are both disabled and are on fixed incomes. I ca n't believe that people want to take advantage of people given the state of our economy right now. I almost fell for it to I'm glad that I decided to check out the BBB first.

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