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Meet some Buffalo debt collectors accused of unlawful practices

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In 2018, Homeland Security Investigations agents got a search warrant and seized $242,088 from Nocera’s business and personal bank accounts, after convincing a judge there was probable cause to believe the funds were derived from unlawful debt collecting and wire fraud. Gregory MacKinnon, Angela Burdorf, Joseph Ciffa.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

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The National Consumer Law Center calls Buffalo “an epicenter” of fraudulent debt collection activity. There are 156 debt collection companies – some of them legitimate, some not – in those two counties, employing more than 3,400 people, according to the state Labor Department. million against debt collectors in Western New York.