Two linked firms which obtained at least £74,000 from buying consumer’s unsecured debts and promising to free them of debt have been shut down by the High Court. Buy My Debt Limited (BMD) called itself a “debt purchase” firm which bought unsecured debts from consumers for £1 plus a fee of 10% of the amount of the debt, and an administration fee of £250 paid to The Trusted Partnership Limited, set up by the company .

Clients were told that selling their debt freed them from their repayment obligations to their lenders, with the liability transferred to BMD. BMD claimed to then negotiate a settlement figure with the lender of an amount less than the fees paid by clients to The Trusted Partnership Limited...Read more here--: "Debt purchase" firm shut down by High Court