Im am in the same boat, instead of owing one payment to Nelnet, I owe several monthly, each the size of car payments. Delta management had it last and I paid 5000.00 on it. Now all of a sudden nelnet has it and my balance went back up by $5000.00 in one month!!! (ak, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), DocketCASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Martha M. Pacold. This is now the fourth month in a row that I have to call them and complain about the way they have applied my loan payments. Found this today and just now learning that they arent affiliated with the Department of Education, even though it is stated in different places that they are a federal loan servicer. Cheri. If not, I see an attorney here and start my own. Please add me as I thought this loan was apart of federal government. This is ridiculous and nelnet needs to be stopped. I still have not received credit for all of the payments I have made since the dates started to count per the TEPSLF in 2007. They should be sued on so many issues! They do not have all pertinent financial information right at hand? I received this loan for Cosmetology school, I went to Cosmetology school for 6 months but I am still being charged the entire loan amount, not sure why when I didnt go the full 18 months. They say Dept of Ed/Nelnet on my credit report. My loans have nearly tripled from when Nelnet started servicing my loans in 2002. A called a few months ago and was told my loans dont qualify for the CARES act deferment program. Nelnet account starts with E. I recieved the same phone call amd would like to be part of the class action. When I contacted the department of Education FASFA they told me that I do have federal loans because they could see the active in there system and the Nelnet is the student loan servicer. According to the lawsuit, this arrangement was in place from at least as early as 2011 through at least 2019, a time in which the defendants' senior executives and managers conspired not to "solicit, recruit, hire without prior approval, or otherwise compete for employees," per the case. I can be added as well. Please keep me posted! Then, the 3rd year, when I found out about the 4 accounts (2 subsidized and 2 unsubsidized) that I could decide what to pay on what, I filled out the paper work as normal. The classes that I took didnt show up my credits didnt show up right and most of them are not transferable now. I always thought that my Nelnet loans were consolidated as a federal consolidation. I have been dealing with them for years. Are there any current lawsuits about the misrepresentations? My federal loan was sold to nelnet just recently wtf ! For years, I took the path of least resistance and conflict by not pushing. The lead plaintiff in the case, Kimberly Isner-Monticello, filed the class action lawsuit after learning the CARES Acts deferment of payments would not apply to her Nelnet student loans. (nsf, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), Docket(#4) MAILED notice of removal letter to plaintiff. My last name starts with D but Im not from Florida. I would like to be considered for loan forgiveness. However, I am not allowed to make any decisions or have any information about the loan without HIS PERMISSION! SHARE. I am a school teacher who has taught 30+ years looking at retirement with student loan debt. Long story short: my request was granted and my loans were ungrouped from three groups into 8. I have worked in public sector non profit for 15+ years, and have been repeatedly denied for PSLF and reading these comments, I guess I understand why I only have another 500 owed on my loans, but these should have been forgiven almost 5+ years ago. Count me in if there is a lawsuit. MY LOANS WERE FEDERALLY BACKED AND ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAMS. I owe $173,000+ and have a couple nice degrees hanging on my wall but no job! I then discovered these loans can not be consolidated to direct fed loans so no cares act, no waiver, I am told by nelnet there is nothing I can do. I have Nelnet loans. Im with you. I received phone calls in FL & TX about this company. Nelnet wants $24000.00 from me and Ive paid like 5 grand 3X on what was originally a $4400.00 loan from salliemae. I also have a nelnet account. I have $15,000 outstanding since 2014 and was told I had to get a loan to continue studies for my Bachelors. This is Nelnets fault. Hello, I have federal student loans being serviced by Nelnet. v. Nelnet, Inc. et al. They will not remove it from my credit history. When I applied to have my loans forgiven I was told that they were not the right kind of loans? ADD ME. (nsf, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. Please add me to the classic action. I too have what I thought was a consolidated federal parent plus loan with Nelnet and now I am finding out it is a private loan. The interest is more than the original loan. They became my student loan provider out of nowhere. I have gone through so much grief with them. I too have loans with Nelnet dating back to 2009, every single one in fact. ), it was consolidated and serviced by Great Lakes then I received a letter saying my loan turned over to Nelnet a few years ago. Have payed on Principal before, but you have to jump through a lot of hoops. How do you get through to Nelnet that he is TPD as we have contacted them multiple times with no resolution. We're a service company specializing in consumer finance, telecommunications, and K-12 and higher education. On top of that they have charged me triple on one with interest. I swore he was wrong until he sent me this link. Ive paid thousands and thousands with no end in sight. A borrower, whose account was paid in full, filed a complaint with the BBB stating, "I have contacted Firstmark every 2-3 business days since the college paid off the balance and I am continually told they are working on closing the account. I have loans with Nelnet that Ive had for years. My loans have been with Nelnet for a while now. You can also mail payments to Firstmark Services, P.O. I was never given a clear answer about my loans and then when I asked about forgiveness, I was told that I would have to refinance my loans and start over which was about 4 years ago when I thought I was on track all along for forgiveness. How can we learn more? I have Nelnet also. Switched over about a year ago. I always thought they were Dept. And I was told Nelnet was part of Govenment Direct Student loans. I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LAW SUIT. I was curious about my student loans (which were unsubsidized & subsidized federal loans when I graduated school) & decided to try and login into my Nelnet account to see if there was any update on them. I tried talking to them and told them to never mind and put it back where it was, but they said they could not do that. I also have Nelnet and thought the borrower loans was a federal loan. I am a nelnet student loan borrower. At no point did [the plaintiff] provide [her] consent to [the defendant] to allow [the defendant] to unilaterally debit money from [the plaintiffs] account, the suit charges. I am an attorney in California with Nelnet loans that I thought were federally-backed. I have a nelnet student loan. I thought they were with Department of Education too. Plz let me know more details as it becomes available. Please reach out to me via email b/c what is being claimed in this lawsuit is exactly what Nelnet has done to me as well. Because I also applied for Loan forgiveness and now my account is going to a private Servicer instead of staying under the Federal Government.. I am from Indiana & my original Student loans have been bought from other companies or changed company names 4 times. As the university is still directing current loans to NelNet for handling?! 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 have also received calls from Nelnet representatives identifying themselves as federal student loan representatives. So frustrating! d/b/a Firstmark Services ("Firstmark") (collectively, the "Defendants") for an order pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 to strike the expert report of Mark Kantrowitz, submitted by the plaintiff Tashanna Golden, in support of her motion for partial summary judgment. I dont see anyway to ever pay back $80K, without support and transparency. They didnt reach out to me to offer me relief. They sure made it sound they were with the US Dept of Education & I didnt know it was a private loan until the pandemic! After paying on automatic pay and never missing a payment. No way I wouldnt have qualified for federal student loans. . I have been impacted on my credit report as well which places me in a fragile place as well with no resolution to this issue only to find that when dispute takes place a persons name is returned with credit report dispute results that is an insider trader with Nelnet. My loan was from sallie mae and was bought out by navient and then nelnet. Account D. To day supervisor Alex tells me faxing it is not a good option as it dont go to their department. (nsf, ) (Entered: 10/11/2022), (#3) NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by Loan Science, LLC (Bruggenthies, George) (Entered: 10/10/2022), (#1) ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Loan Science, LLC by George Michael Bruggenthies (Bruggenthies, George) (Entered: 10/10/2022), Docket(#32) REPLY by Defendants Firstmark Services, LLC, Nelnet Education Loan Funding, LLC to Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim #26 (Bell, Roisin) (Entered: 12/02/2022), Docket(#31) RESPONSE by Tashay L. Myricki to Nelnet's Motion to Dismiss (jg, ) (Entered: 11/28/2022), Docket(#30) ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendants Firstmark Services, LLC, Nelnet Education Loan Funding, LLC by Alan W. Nicgorski (Nicgorski, Alan) (Entered: 11/17/2022), Docket(#29) MINUTE entry before the Honorable Martha M. Pacold: Telephone status hearing held on 11/17/2022. I was taken advantage of by Sallie Mae & Navient as well. I chose Nelnet because I thought they were federally backed and I would qualify to take the parent plus loans and move them to my daughter. Navient shows as delinquent and Nelnet as being paid on time. What incentive does any student loan servicer have to provide good service if they are allowed to own the very debts they service. I found out my loans were not federal when I inquired about the COVID-19 relief. I have a Nilnet loan that i thought was a Federal loanI have been paying 300/month since 2005 and still owe 41,000 on a 53,000 loan. Either something is going to be done about how we were scammed or its not. I too am a victim of Nelnets deceit. I was pretty bummed. I have Nelnet as well-I have had student loans for over 15 years now. Read more here: Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Claims. Isnt that considered a lie by omission? I was lead to believe Nelnet is a goverment backed vendor. The system is completely broken. Im on disability and Im not sure what happen to my loan one day it was 2800 then it 4800 I have two loan like that nelnet told me these were gov loan not a private loan. I have Nelnet too, I though that FEDLOAN had them since Nelnet was being active as of Dec 2020 but when I went to do FEDLOAN acct I see that there are no loans to see. Nelnet gave me a one year forbearance. I stumbled upon this information after coming across a news story about a class action involving Betsy Davis. 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). Prior to this, I had a good pushing excellent credit score. Also, Remington college lied about their placement numbers and was keeping peoples grant money. I need all the help I can get with this situation! I was under impression that they were affiliated with Federal in this financial matter whole time. I have sent everything I have in terms of legal docs from SSD and the disability judge. I can be added as well. I was under the impression my loans were backed by the federal government. First they put me on a standard plan then after several phone calls and arguments they finally put me on the requested IDR only a week and a half later put my loans into forbearance that I didnt ask for. I would like to participate in the lawsuit. Im currently on a forgiveness program to which I have to certify for every year, for 20 years, before they would forgive the rest of the loans that are confusing split up into sections , all accruing its own interest. Case Number : 1:22-CV-05545. And gave me an interest rate that will take me until Im 60 years old to pay off. If you're a Firstmark Services customer, you can contact it by email at customer.service@firstmarkservices.com. Instead, Im clouded, overwhelmed and misled by Nelnets high interest rates and unaffordable payment plans. It isnt right that all the people who arent as persistant as me (even though it took me 7 years) to keep suffering the consequences of bad advice. Reply. How do I get onto this? Nelnet is my student loan servicer. Im with Nelnet and have a D on my account. 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. Thanks for reading. The amount never seems to decrease , Im 55 years old and cant figure this out ??? Reviews and never will. I am in the same boat! I recently applied for a student loan forgiveness as I definitely qualified under the guidelines. The relief they offered was your gonna pay for 2011 to 2013 period. Seeking an attorney as soon as I type this. I meet all requirements forgiveness and needs to be considered. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, with offices around the globe, we're 8,500+ associates working together to serve our communities and make . I was scammed into transferring my Parent Plus Loan over to Nelnet through a company which whom I paid $1,200 in fees too who assured me that my loan would be placed into a forgiveness program after making extremely low monthly payments to Nelnet instead after my payment plan was over I was told by Nelnet that I didnt qualify for loan forgiveness based on my income which has also caused my payments to be $150 hiigher than my previous loan servicer payments. In 2015, I filed bankruptcy and my Nelnet loans were listed and they were notified, but because student loans cant easily be discharged (my attorney didnt have student loan debt experience and wasnt up to the task of trying), I would argue that those loans shouldve discharged especially given that they dont offer the same protections as the government does, and shouldnt benefit from the same bankruptcy protection granted to government student loans. I have never missed a payment for 18 years very little has come off my principle. Am I able to join in this class action lawsuit? I currently owe close to $57,000. I did not know my loans were not given by the department of education during the process of receiving them back in the 90s through 2008. I didnt recertify my income because I wanted to pay on my loans and I didnt exit the program because the service agent told me I could only enter the program once and once I was out I couldnt get help from it in the future. I had to call them at least four times before they agreed to apply the payment to both loans in order to pay them both off with no more accrual of intertest (only after accruing over $2,000.00 in additional interest). It just doesnt make any sense. My husband and I are both educators and now dont qualify for the educator loan forgiveness because it is not a direct spousal consolidation. I have between 31,000 and 32,000 dollars of student loans held by nelnet.Jacqlyn Jackson. Student Aid. Nelnet services a large percentage of law school loans, and there are a ton of lawyers in the NYC metro region. This stopped me from applying for debt collection student loan agencies bc I thought I wouldnt get hired. Add me I didnt know still Covid 19 this Federay funded loan . High interest. I owe more than I when Nelnet bought my loans. Please add me to the Nelnet Class Action Lawsuit list, I also thought Nelnet was federally backed. I need help ! I also have Nelnet! I was told my loans were federal student loans and I thought they were until reading this article. Why is a company that manages student loans helping with these circumstances to discharge? I thought that when I enter grad school then those payments would get defered until months after I graduated from grad school. New cases and investigations, settlement deadlines, and news straight to your inbox. Very inept and disappointing process with this company. Nelnet has a scam going with these loans. How does Nelnet own my loans? Nelnet came out of nowhere. drug injury lawsuits and product liability lawsuits. My loan was also transferred without my knowledge. When you submit to the feedback system, you can expect a response via email or letter within 15 days . They never would put me on an income base payment plan, Nelnet would only offer forbearance. Do you have Nelnet Student Loans? The Nelnet class action lawsuit contends that this kind of messaging left Nelnet student loan borrowers to believe their loans were federally held. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. Thank you! They say they have no records of my payments to ACS. I typed my email wrong above! The representative on the phone stated that my loans were considered commercial even though I was led to believe they were Federal loans. Now years later, Im learning I deceived. I dont know. Im also in the same situation with Nel net. According to a lawsuit, Firstmark Services failed to provide the plaintiff essential information on certain rights pertaining to electronic funds transfers. I have inquired time and time again why this is so and have not received a valid answer. I have wondered why I have not been getting a bill from them. I am so upset that after over 30 years repaying loans as best as possible and left with debt at 66 years old still that I am excluded from any possible debt relief. Very unhappy is an understatement. I got a good paying job in 2018. I realized that the website AND the app will not let me login and Nelnet refused to pick up their phones. Same here! It was not until the CARES Act in 2020 that I learned that my loans were now considered private. I too have a student loan with Nelnet. Firstmark Credit Union (formerly San Antonio Teachers Credit Union) is a member-owned, locally controlled not-for-profit financial cooperative. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeffrey T. Gilbert. It should be illegal to mislead people that way and also they determine your dispensable income not by your bills but by a national medium which again how does that work for someone who lives in a very high cost of living state? Does this apply to me? I too have loans from NelNet and was led to believe they were federal student loans by the Dpt. I have a Nelnet Loan, and have told them I could not afford their monthly payment. General Mail P.O. I also have a nelnet student loan. How do they just become private loans when consolidated with a company that services federal student loans? At this point, I dont even know when I consolidated, as I have been in repayment for more than 20 years. I thought that they were Department of Education. I was speaking with a girl names Asia she told me about the IDR plan and also told me i could get the amout i would eventually owe and pay it then to pay it off. I call bullshit. We cannot afford these payments. I found out my loans were not federal when I inquired about the COVID-19 relief. I was hoping that I could use the time granted in the C.A.R.E.S. Assuming a price of $10.00 per share of FirstMark Class A common stock at the closing of the transaction, each share of FirstMark Class A common stock would receive shares of the post-combination . Finally, one place to get all the court documents we need. The payment therefore is being paid by him which is making him responsible. Nelnet and those that hide behind it corporate logo are taking advantage of people. Lights, water, Gas, and Rent Just to name a few. Nelnet did not tell me the truth about my loan. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. Please investigate them. If they could be moved to my daughter, they would be an amount that could be paid but for being the single parent and signing when the college said she could not, Im trapped now. Please help get stimulus released. Prior to this, I was lead to believe there would be consequences for doing such a thing! 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