Park Avenue Funding Sues Reputation Defenders

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jul 16, 2012) - Park Avenue Funding today announced it has sued Reputation Defenders and its Principals. Park Avenue Funding (PAF), a mortgage investment firm, sued Reputation Defenders and its principals in Superior Court of Ocean County, New Jersey. In the lawsuit, PAF asserts that it hired Reputation Defenders to help it manage its internet reputation. According to the suit, Reputation Defenders, rather than assisting PAF, used confidential information that PAF provided to it to blackmail PAF in an attempt to extort money from them with threats to further damage their online reputation. PAF filed the lawsuit to illustrate the dangers of providing confidential information to unknown "web companies" who claim to do "reputation cleanup" or otherwise monitor your "internet presence."