Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott took legal action to seek restitution for clients of Bankrupt Debt Relief USA. The Addison based company filed bankruptcy itself in June and the attorney general claims that it took $4.6 million in client funds without providing any assistance.

Attorney General Abbott filed for restitution in the Northern District of Texas bankruptcy court handling the bankruptcy filing of Bankrupt Debt Relief USA.

The petition alledges that more than 2,500 financially distressed clients of the firm did not recieve the debt relief that they were promised, and that their financial problems were “exacerbated by the bankrutpcy”.