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Welcome to the Official Website for the Abat, et al.
v. Chase Bank USA, N.A. case.
Case No. SACV07-1476-CJC (ANx) (U.S. District
Court for the Central District of California)

You may be a Settlement Class Member if you are an individual who had a debt management plan for which you paid either initial or monthly fees to any credit counseling agencies affiliated or related at any time to Andris Pukke, Eriks Pukke, DebtWorks, Inc. or the Ballenger Group, including:

AmeriDebt, Inc.
CrediCure, Inc.
Neway, Inc.
Debtscape, Inc.
PreActiv, Inc.

Debticated Consumer Counseling, Inc.
A Better Way Credit Counseling, Inc.
Mason Credit Counseling, Inc.
Nexum Credit Counseling, Inc.
The Credit Network, Inc.
Visual Credit Counseling, Inc.

If you wish to receive payment from the Settlement Fund, you must submit a completed "Claim Form". You may either complete and submit the Claim Form online or print a paper copy of the form to complete by going to Case Documents and submit by mail to the Settlement Administrator at:

Abat Class Claims Administrator
c/o Gilardi & Co. LLC
P.O. Box 808061
Petaluma, CA 94975-8061

Please Note the following Important Dates:

Case Relevant Event Date
A Claim Form must be postmarked or filed online by October 10, 2011
An Exclusion must be postmarked on or before October 10, 2011
An Objection must be postmarked or delivered to the parties no later than October 10, 2011
The Final Fairness Hearing is November 7, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.