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Debt Collector Allegedly Tells Disabled Vet ‘You Should Have Died’ After Illegally Seizing Savings | A disabled veteran is suing Gurstel Chargo, a debt collection agency that allegedly illegally seized his savings to pay off a $6,000 defaulted student loan. According to his complaint, Michael Collier was rendered 100 percent disabled from spine and head injuries received during his time in the Army, a condition that exempts him from debt garnishment on Social Security payments. Collier says that when he asked for his money back, a paralegal at the agency told him, “If you would have served our country better you would not be a disabled veteran living off Social Security while the rest of us honest Americans work our ass off. Too bad; you should have died.”