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&lt;p&gt;Ever heard of Strike Debt? No? Well, if you have &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;/blog/admit-one-vaults-mba-law-school-and-college-blog/private-student-loan-consolidation/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;privately financed student loan debt&lt;/a&gt;, you should pay attention.&#160; It turns out that Occupy Wall Street is still around, and the activist movement is trying to occupy your bank account, in a good way. Occupy Wall Street&#39;s offshoot, &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;http://strikedebt.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Strike Debt&lt;/a&gt;, has recently eliminated $3.8 million of student loan debt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Strike Debt purchased $3.8 million in privately financed student loan debt for only $100,000--and then, simply, paid it off--relieving 2,700 people of some of their privately financed student loan debt.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Strike Debt focused on loans taken out by students who enrolled at Everest College, a for-profit educational institution in the Corinthian Colleges network. Corinthian Colleges is one of the United States’ largest for-profit education companies and announced plans to sell or close all of its 107 campuses. The company has also been the target of several federal investigations and is now facing a lawsuit from the &lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/in-the-black-vaults-finance-careers-blog/finance-jobs-with-the-feds&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Consumer Financial Protection Bureau&lt;/a&gt; over allegations of predatory lending practices.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before those burdened by the $1.2 trillion of federal student loans start fantasizing about all the extra cash that they’ll have once Strike Debt pays off their loans, it is important to note that Strike Debt, or any other debt collector or debt forgiver, cannot purchase loans backed by the federal government. Additionally, Strike&#160; Debt cannot target specific individuals for debt elimination as anonymous accounts are bundled together and sold--Strike Debt really has no way of knowing the identity of the individuals’ whose debt is being bought.&#160; Fortunately, for those lucky enough to have debt abolished by Strike Debt, the payment may be considered a tax-free gift, and the student loan debtor will not have to pay taxes on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For many struggling with student loan debt, it is unlikely that their loans even qualify for Strike Debt’s initiative because their loans are federally backed, and for those that do have privately financed loans, the chances that Strike Debt will reach them are slimmer than the stack of cash leftover after paying student loans every month. Although Strike Debt barely scratched the surface of this country’s total student loan debt, it is refreshing to see an initiative such as this have a real impact on almost 3,000 people. And, just throwing this out there, if there are any student loan elimination initiatives that do target individuals with federally-backed student loans, you know where to find me!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Vault on Twitter&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/vaultlaw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@VAULTLAW&lt;/a&gt;, Instagram&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;http://instagram.com/vaultcareers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@VaultCareers&lt;/a&gt;&#160;and&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/vault&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read More:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/17/pf/college/occupy-wall-street-student-loan-debt/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupy abolishes $4 million in other people&#39;s student loan debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;http://strikedebt.org/debtbuy4/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Strike Debt – Rolling Jubilee Student Debt Buy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/is-your-law-school-ranked-highest-for-soul-crushing-debt&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Is Your Law School Ranked Highest for Soul Crushing Debt?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/which-law-grads-have-the-best-shot-at-reducing-debt&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Which Law Grads Have the Best Shot at Reducing Debt?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/admit-one-vaults-mba-law-school-and-college-blog/private-student-loan-consolidation&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Private Student Loan Consolidation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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