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Federal law prohibits creditors from garnishing Social Security disability and veterans’ benefits payments to cover bad debts, but the practice is pretty widespread as a recent article from The Wall Street Journal revealed.

But at banks like Wachovia and others, the standard practice is to freeze the customer’s account when a garnishment order is received.

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