Loan servicer misapplies payments across consolidated loans
A borrower reports that MOHELA is splitting payments between a paid-off loan and an active loan, reducing progress on the active balance, plus a disputed interest charge during a payment pause. This is a vendor-specific servicing error rather than a systemic problem.
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