# Contractor with 200K Salary Loses Clearance Job After Filing Bankruptcy 4x **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 8, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/contractor-with-200k-salary-loses-clearance-job-after-filing-bankruptcy-4x/21293 "2025-09-08T14:24:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/contractor-with-200k-salary-loses-clearance-job-after-filing-bankruptcy-4x/21293/1 "2025-09-08T14:24:09Z")
Originally published at: [https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/contractor-with-200k-salary-loses-clearance-job-after-filing-bankruptcy-4x/](https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/contractor-with-200k-salary-loses-clearance-job-after-filing-bankruptcy-4x/) Paying your mortgage and monthly bills using credit cards is a recipe for disaster, especially if you are only making the minimum required payments. The interest rates alone will cause the debts to snowball out of control. This happened to a security clearance applicant who had his clearance eligibility denied by the DoD due to… ---
**Author:** ![sbusquirrel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/sbusquirrel/32/34_2.png) [@sbusquirrel](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/sbusquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/contractor-with-200k-salary-loses-clearance-job-after-filing-bankruptcy-4x/21293/2 "2025-09-08T19:30:41Z")
Reminds me of a case I heard about where the applicant failed to disclose an ex-wife (and associate alimony). The investigator who dug up this info said it explained why a highly paid aerospace engineer was living in a room over a garage.