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Collection Agency Faced Sanctions After Wrongly Identifying a Debtor
The collection agency of Pressler & Pressler has a track record of wrongfully identifying consumers and strings of violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. In a recent case, Mr. Mark Hoyte was wrongfully identified by Pressler & Pressler as...
Read MoreSSA Group (South Shore Associates Group) of Hamburg New York Threatens Consumers!
Listen! Don’t pay this debt collector under any circumstances! Voice mail from SSA Group to a consumer
Read MoreDebt Collectors Face a Hazard of Writers Cramp
When Michael Gazzarato took a job that required him to sign hundreds of affidavits in a single day, he had one demand for his employer: a much better pen. “They tried to get me to do it with a Bic,...
Read MoreDebt Collector Faked Court Hearings to Trick Consumers into Paying Up Says Suit
A Pennsylvania debt collector conducted fake court hearings in a mock courtroom in its offices and even sent uniformed officers who appeared to be sheriff’s deputies to serve civil subpoenas demanding that consumers appear for “hearings” and “depositions,” the state...
Read MoreState of Illinois Sues Debt Collector for $23.7 Million
The State of Illinois has won a $23.7 million judgment from a Chicago law firm it once hired to pursue student-loan deadbeats. A Cook County judge ordered the law firm of Friedman & Wexler and its lawyers Mitchell Wexler and...
Read MoreLawsuit Points to Alleged New Tool in Debt-Collection Arsenal: Facebook
When Melanie Beacham was on medical leave from her job last summer, she got behind on her car payments. Although she called the finance company to explain, debt collectors not only telephoned her repeatedly but found another way to make...
Read MoreTips for Dealing with Debt Collectors
Recently, Credit Law attorney Craig Thor Kimmel appeared with NBC10’s Tracy Davidson on “Survive & Thrive” to discuss how consumers can fight back against debt collection harassment. Here is the clip:
Read MoreDebt Collectors Using Social Media to Find Debtors
From Fox & Friends–Debt collectors are doing all they can to find you, even searching Facebook. A must-see.
Read MoreNCO Financial Systems: A dreadful third party collection agency
Third party debt collectors break the law by violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The FDCPA is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to direct and monitor debt collection practices by third party collectors. The FDCPA has...
Read MoreOld Debts That Won’t Die
Timothy McCollough freely admits that he stopped making payments on his Chase Manhattan credit card in 1999. He says he did not have the means to pay after he was disabled by a head injury that cost him his job...
Read MoreNY Law Firm Files 80,000 Suits a Year with 14 Lawyers
Cohen & Slamowitz has only 14 lawyers on staff, but it manages to file about 80,000 lawsuits a year. The Woodbury, N.Y., firm files debt collection suits, and it uses computer software to help prepare its cases, the New York...
Read MoreDebt Collection Firm Accused of Misappropriation of Funds, Shuts Down
Chicago debt collection law firm Friedman & Wexler has apparently shut down as its fights lawsuits claiming it withheld money from clients. Calls to the law firm’s main number aren’t being answered, and an e-mail sent to one of its...
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