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March 06, 2006
Financially responsible terrorists
When Walter and Deana Soehnge decided to pay down their growing JC Penney Platinum Mastercard debt with a lump payment of $6,522, they thought they were making a financially responsible move. Then they learned that placing a payment much higher than their usual amount required Mastercard to hold the funds and notify the Department of Homeland Security.
The Soehnges' story was reported by Providence Journal columnist Bob Kerr a couple of weeks ago, and republished on Capitol Hill Blue, a political Weblog.
Posted by Laura McGann at March 6, 2006 09:42 PM
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