Show OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVID L. L WIL WILKINSON INSON ct i a ty DEFAULTED STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS FAIL TO PAY The Utah Attorney Generals General's Office and the Utah Higher Education Education Edu Edu- cation catron Assistance Authority have released the names of defaulted student loan i borrowers who have failed to make voluntary payments after judgments have been entered against them j t This action is the result of a k continuing get tough policy of the I Attorney Generals General's Office and the to assure that student loan borrowers are borrowers are re not allowed to evade i I their debts v All ot oit the named borrowers have 3 been beens served court judgments at least st ti twelve months ago They They have failed C to toma f v voluntary l payments as as 1 t t. I a resul result State the State will continue to f- f C V Vi Vis i. i J J i is r i i t l l' l 1 t actively pursue collection on I these borrowers' borrowers accounts through actions such as garnisheeing wages executing executing executing ing o on asse assets and intercepting state and federal tax refunds Of the named borrowers 61 currently reside in Utah guarantor of student loans in excess of million dollars currently holds 18 million dollars worth of defaulted loans which which were were made to more than students Legal action already initiated against approximately 45 percent of the default borrowers will be betaken betaken betaken taken against those default b borrowers who fail to make satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory restitution or payment arrangements with LeNae Williams UT ch's Collection Coordinator stated that of the 61 listed as student loan borrowers who have defaulted many manya a are e former students Fortunately the the he number is small in ratio to the total The The Utah Attorney tt Generals General's Office and the are committed 9 t to the prosecution of student t dent loan loan- borrowers who are in defa default lt |