Okay, here's an update. Still impossible to reach anyone at RMP via phone or email. But I spoke with Ms. Stanton's lawyer Michael Gerity. Here is what follows after I asked how to get in touch with his client...
M. Gerity:Can you please let me know the exact amount of the reimbursement you are seeking? The problem my clients are facing is that they have a number of clients that were included in an agreement with the licensing body in Arizona that must be refunded first. Once those are completed, they can turn to other refunds. Please let me know the amount, and I will contact my client to see if I can get an approximate timeframe.
Citykid: Mr. Gerity, Risk Management Partners has until Sept 23 of 2005 to pay back all AZ residents. Below is a press release from the Arizona State Banking Department and notice a quote from RMP stating that they already paid off all Arizona clients. Either way, the clients should be paid in full seeing how it is way past Sept 23rd.
STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT
RICHARD C. HOUSEWORTH JANET NAPOLITANO
SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKS GOVERNOR
Press Release
Arizona State Banking Department issues final order for unlicensed debt management activity. Miracle Management consents to restitution and civil money penalty. The Superintendent of Banks, Arizona State Banking Department, has issued a final order requiring Miracle Management, Hyla Stanton and Risk Management Partners to immediately stop doing business in Arizona and to pay $210,646.66 in restitution and civil money penalties for operating an unlicensed
debt management company in Arizona. The company has consented to the order. While the company claims that the refunds have already been sent to the former clients, the company has until September 23 to prove that all refunds have been paid. If the company cannot do so, under the terms of the order, the civil money penalty will increase to $50,000. If the company fails to comply with the terms of the order to refund the amounts agreed to, the Department will pursue a Judgment in Superior Court.
M. Gerity: Just goes to show you that you cannot trust what you see on the internet. The Arizona residents were refunded by that date. There is an even longer list of non-residents that are to be refunded as well, and we are under an extension of time to complete those refunds. So, as I stated before, my clients are currently handling those refunds, and will begin on any non-listed clients as soon as possible thereafter.