The Treasury Department is releasing new rules preventing banks from seizing Social Security and other federal benefits from customers facing debt collectors. Federal law prohibits creditors from taking Social Security to recover a debt, but the law doesn’t say how...
Read MoreThe FTC is trying to educate consumers about what practices are illegal and what they can do about them. From this effort, they’ve compiled the top eight consumer complaints about illegal debt collection practices: 46.5% said debt collectors called continuously...
Read MoreIf you are receiving harassing calls from debt collectors, even if you owe the debt, you cannot be harassed, abused, threatened, or have others told about your debt! You have rights under federal law. Watch video of attorney Craig Kimmel speaking about the Fair...
Read MoreMORGANTOWN – A man has filed a punitive class action lawsuit against the Kentucky-based law firm that he says illegally sent him a debt collection letter. Nicholas Davis claims he received a letter from defendant Mapother and Mapother in June...
Read MoreThree out-of-state lawyers, accused of using unfair tactics to collect debts in Colorado, have been banned from collecting debts for periods ranging from three years to life, the Colorado attorney general’s office said Tuesday. Under a consent decree issued late...
Read MoreDo you want to expose debt collector harassment? Do you want to have your story told on one of the Big Television Networks? If you live in the State of New Jersey, contact us directly by calling 1-800-NOT-FAIR, or by sending...
Read MoreDebt Collection Attorney Craig Kimmel is featured in this story from the Concord Monitor detailing the aggressive tactics that debt collectors employ to collect on debts they purchase for pennies on the dollar. Consumers reported being harassed and threatened. They...
Read MoreThe recession means more people are falling behind on their bills. The last person you want to hear from is a debt collector. Some debt collectors are just doing their job, but others cross the line. Fox 29 Consumer Reporter...
Read MoreIt’s a decades-old practice known in legal circles as “sewer service”. This occurs when a debt collector fails to properly serve a notice of complaint (litigation) upon the defendant (debtor) and then files a false affidavit claiming the notice has...
Read MoreVoicemails from bill collectors are a reality when you have been turned over to collections. The dirty secret debt collectors don’t want you to know about is that they very often violate the law (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act –...
Read MoreDebt Collection Harassment Attorney Craig Thor Kimmel was recently interviewed by the radio talk show, “The Voice”, on WEEU 830AM in Berks County, PA. In this interview Craig explains how CreditLaw.com helps consumers with debt collection harassment and violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices...
Read MoreFour hundred million times a year, employees of a little-known company called NCO dial the telephone “just to talk.” NCO’s hope: A simple chat will convince people to pay old debts. “We have to strike a bond with someone,” said...
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