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Meet some Buffalo debt collectors accused of unlawful practices

Collection Industry News

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. A judgment of $22.5 million Clarence residence.

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Why Buffalo is a hub for illegal debt collectors

Collection Industry News

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. In recent years, authorities have either fined, seized or issued judgments totaling $120.4 million against debt collectors in Western New York.