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10-Q - FORM 10-Q - ASTA FUNDING INCc16912e10vq.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - ASTA FUNDING INCc16912exv32w2.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - ASTA FUNDING INCc16912exv31w2.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - ASTA FUNDING INCc16912exv31w1.htm
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Asta Funding, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Gary Stern, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
  (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the dates presented and the consolidated result of operations of the Company for the periods presented.
Dated: May 10, 2011
     
/s/ Gary Stern
 
Gary Stern
   
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
   
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Asta Funding, Inc. and will be retained by Asta Funding, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.