My checking and savings at XXXX XXXX XXXX were put on hold. I went to my bank to inquire why. They gave me a phone # ( XXXX ) XXXX. I was told I have an outstanding debt with XXXX that had been sold to Mel S. Harris and Associates in NY. I was told they were sending letters to a home I have n't lived at for well over a decade. I was told they had a legal right to seize my money. I was told the debt was from XX/XX/XXXX. The original debt was from the mid XX/XX/XXXX. In XX/XX/XXXX I was repairing my credit score and settled this debt to the best of my recollection. I no longer have records this far back. I sent a letter to XXXX yesterday in an attempt to track the settlement. It is the beginning of the month. This is when most of my bills are due. I have checks out there. XXXX is to a court for an unrelated incident. If that check bounces because of this I will probably have a XXXX for my arrest. It is a violation and a {$25.00} check. It is very bad on so many levels. Untangling this mess is costing me money everyday I can not access my bank accounts and their former contents. In all likelihood this has set off a chain of events that could take years to untangle. I missed a potential job interview trying to resolve this. I just XXXX with a XXXX degree and am trying to embark on a new career. I am getting married and they took the savings that I 've scraped together working XXXX jobs, XXXX days a week while I was taking XXXX credit hours of collage classes. As I am typing this I am missing work. I work in the XXXX industry. I do not get paid sick days or time off. It also just looks bad as I had to tell my employers why I am missing days. I might lose shifts permanently because I 'm missing shifts. I am waiting to hear back from Mel S. Harris. I left a message and the representative also told me she 'd be calling me back today. So far no call. I 've tried to make contact at her office repeatedly today. I may have to keep trying tomorrow. I 've spent the last few days researching what i can to and trying to contact anyone to help. It 's eating up my work and school time. Time is money.