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North Texas Woman Believes Late Stepmother Was Exploited By Solar Panel Contractor, Lender

It was an automatic charge on her stepmother's bank account for about $300 a month from a company called GoodLeap.

(CBS Texas)

November 29, 2023

JACKSBORO (CBS News Texas) - Jan Jones was mourning the loss of her stepmother and helping her father get his estate in order when she noticed something that surprised her.

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It was an automatic charge on her stepmother's bank account for about $300 a month from a company called GoodLeap. Jones soon learned that her stepmother had taken out a loan with the company to finance $60,000 worth of solar panels.

It's a debt her father will now assume. The collateral is the house he shared with his wife.

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