Hi! I'm glad to have the opportunity to post in this forum.
From around June 2003 to January 2005 my employer financed my Masters degree through an agreement that I would continue working there for 10 years after my graduation. Every year they were to forgive 10% of the loan.
In October of 2005, I had the first closing on a construction-perm loan on a house we were building. Everything, went fine and we entered into the construction phase.
In January of 2006, I received a letter from my employer (large private college) informing me that they would not be renewing my contract. My last day would be 5/26/2006.
Because the college had been putting pressure on me to obtain a loan through a another local bank to pay off my educational loan, I asked the bank official for my constuction-perm loan what I would need to close on our construction perm loan. He said I would need my 5/1/2006 paystub and our Picture ID's. He didn't need any employment verification.
On May 17, 2006, they informed me that my Final 6/1/2006 paycheck would be in jeopardy if I didn't pay them in full for the educational loan. Because I already had my May 1st paycheck and obviously I had my picture ID, I told them If I would not be paid on June 1st, I needed to go some place where I could receive a paycheck. So I did. I registered with a local real estate company and have not made any money since.
On May 18, 2006, they sent a letter "out of courtesy" to the bank with my SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER on it informing them that I had quit my job. As a result we were not able to close on our loan. Basically, they maliciously sent that letter to cause me damage.
[almost done] Just recently, I tried to apply for unemployment. And they withheld information from the unemployment people. They told them that I left before my contract was up, but didn't tell them that they had released me from my contract for no reason. They also included other information about me working at the real estate company that the unemployment people did not ask for.
Their primary objective under all this was to damage my reputation. Is there anything that I can possibly pursue here. I have copies of the letter they sent to the bank with my social security number on it. I also have a copy of the file they sent to the unemployment place where they lied and excluded information.
Is there anything I can do. Can anyone direct me to another site that has layman versions of the law or if I need to just "grin and bear it". Thanks . . . Sorry so long! It is however alot shorter than some of the legal code I've been pouring over.
