WASHINGTON—The “ringleader” of a student loan debt relief scam will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and is required to turn over assets as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
The settlement with Marco Manzi resolves FTC charges involving the student loan debt relief scheme, the FTC said.
The FTC charged that Manzi, Ivan Esquivel, and Robert Kissinger, operators of Express Enrollment LLC (also doing business as SLFD Processing) and Intercontinental Solutions LLC (also doing business as Apex Doc Processing LLC), pretended to be affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education and used “Biden Loan Forgiveness” or similar names to trick students into signing up for their student debt relief scheme.
Nearly $9 Million in Fees
The FTC said Apex pocketed approximately $8.8 million in junk fees by luring students with false promises of loan forgiveness.
The FTC announced a settlement in February 2024 with the other defendants in the case, Esquivel, Kissinger and the corporate defendants, which imposed similar requirements as the proposed order against Manzi.
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